Quotes about 1968

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Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important fo — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
The most striking difference between the ancient and modern sophists is that the ancients were satisfied with a passing — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
All history is one continuous pestilence. There is no truth and there is no illusion. There is nowhere to appeal and now — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer c — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976
It is a human characteristic, which has been richly exploited in every era, that while hope of survival is still alive i — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
Wherever they went—Moscow, Tehran, the Syrian coast, Switzerland—a furnished house, villa, or apartment awaited the youn — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
As far as the Jews were concerned, the transformation of the "crime" of Judaism into the fashionable "vice" of Jewishnes — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Equality of condition, though it is certainly a basic requirement for justice, is nevertheless among the greatest and mo — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
The birth and growth of modern antisemitism has been accompanied by and interconnected with Jewish assimilation, the sec — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
What imperialists actually wanted was expansion of political power without the foundation of the body politic. Imperiali — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
No zek had the right to stay one second in his workroom without the supervision of a free employee because prudence dict — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
That's why there's a devil—to judge the priests. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
No one, even as a joke, could call a member of the all-Union Communist Party a Neo-Hegelian, a Neo-Kantian, a Subjectivi — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
A fundamental difference between modern dictatorships and all other tyrannies of the past is that terror is no longer us — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice? — John Carlos, The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
—and I say you still haven't answered my question, Father Bleu.""Haven't I, dear lady? I thought I stated that death is — John Jakes, Orbit 3
What a relief, Nadya thought; in that light he would not be able to tell that she had been crying."You mean if it weren' — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle
There is, therefore, a temptation to return to an explanation which automatically discharges the victim of responsibilit — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
In other words, neither oppression nor exploitation as such is ever the main cause for resentment; wealth without visibl — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism