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The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.

The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.

Hannah Arendt
Strength, Independence, Peculiar
Hannah Arendt (1970). “On Violence”, p.50, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It is in the nature of a group and its power to turn against independence, the property of individual strength.

Hannah Arendt
Individual Strength, Independence, Groups
Hannah Arendt (1970). “On Violence”, p.50, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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