As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we …

Hannah Arendt
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As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.198, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1981). The Life of the Mind, p.198, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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