The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secr… - Hannah Arendt

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The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally and more plausibly, the serious economic and social dangers inherent in disarmament, but the simple fact that no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs has yet appeared on the political scene.

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Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American political theorist whose work deals with the nature of power, authority, and totalitarianism.

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Alternative Names: Johanna "Hannah" Arendt • Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt • Hannah Arendt Bluecher • Hanna Arendt • Johanna Arendt • Hannah Arendt Blücher

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