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where everybody is guilty, nobody is.

where everybody is guilty, nobody is.

Hannah Arendt
Responsibility, Guilt, Guilty
Hannah Arendt (1981). “The Life of the Mind”, p.440, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing.

Hannah Arendt
Discovery, Guilt, Doing Nothing
Hannah Arendt (1970). “On Violence”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent

Hannah Arendt
Depressing, Guilt, Repent
Hannah Arendt (2006). “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil”, p.221, Penguin

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent.

Hannah Arendt
Depressing, Being Sad, Guilt
Hannah Arendt (2006). “Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil”, p.221, Penguin

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