Persecution of powerless or power-losing groups may not be a very pleasant spectacle, but it does not spring from human meanness alone. (Hannah Arendt)

Persecution of powerless or power-losing groups may not be a very pleasant spectacle, but it does not spring from human meanness alone.

Hannah Arendt

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