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  1. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

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  2. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #accountability #banalityofevil #consequences #crime #evil #evilperson #evildoer #Holocaust #intent #moralityplay #motivation #villain #willfulignorance

  3. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #accountability #banalityofevil #consequences #crime #evil #evilperson #evildoer #Holocaust #intent #moralityplay #motivation #villain #willfulignorance

  4. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #accountability #banalityofevil #consequences #crime #evil #evilperson #evildoer #Holocaust #intent #moralityplay #motivation #villain #willfulignorance

  5. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    When I speak of the banality of evil, I do so only on the strictly factual level, pointing to a phenomenon which stared one in the face at the trial. Eichmann was not Iago and not Macbeth, and nothing would have been farther from his mind than to determine with Richard III “to prove a villain.” Except for an extraordinary diligence in looking out for his personal advancement, he had no motives at all. And this diligence in itself was in no way criminal; he certainly would never have murdered his superior in order to inherit his post. He merely, to put the matter colloquially, never realized what he was doing.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Postscript (1963)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/80707/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #accountability #banalityofevil #consequences #crime #evil #evilperson #evildoer #Holocaust #intent #moralityplay #motivation #villain #willfulignorance

  6. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  7. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  8. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  9. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness

  10. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

    More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #badperson #betrayal #evilperson #faithlessness #favor #malice #quidproquo #selfbetrayal #transaction #trust #trustworthiness