Hannah Arendt

Overview

Hannah Arendt born Hanover, Germany October 14, 1906 (d. 1975). Political philosopher; defender of civil disobedience and nonviolence; critic of Vietnam War.

Quotations

"The. . . necessary characteristic of civil disobedience is nonviolence." (Crises of Republic, p. 77; sketch from German stamp 1988, wikicom pd)