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Hannah Arendt

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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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Hannah Arendt is saying that true power exists without the need for violence, and when violence occurs, it shows that power is weak or threatened. However, if violence continues unchecked, it ultimately destroys the very power it tries to protect.

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