“The more superficial someone is,
the more likely he will be to yield to evil.
That is the Banality of Evil.”
– Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Don’t make tragedies of trifles,
don’t shoot butterflies with rifles-
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