Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolu

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Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance. - Hannah Arendt

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American political philosopher

Born:14th October, 1906
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Starsign: Libra

Author Keywords: Philosopher, Political, American

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