Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act. (Hannah Arendt)

Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act.

Hannah Arendt

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