“It is, in fact, far easier to act under conditions of tyranny than it is to think.”

— Hannah Arendt , book The Human Condition

The Human Condition (1958).

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Jewish-American political theorist 1906–1975

Richard Cecil (clergyman) (1748–1810) British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer

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“I think it’s easier to mourn over a lion that’s been killed than over a baby that’s been killed, I think that’s how far we are from our humanity”

Dana Loesch (1978) American conservative political commentator

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“The act of writing the book was painful at times, but it was easier than talking to someone.”

Piper Laurie (1932) actress

About writing her memoir. Theodore P. Mahne, "Actress Piper Laurie charms audience, interviewer at Tennessee Williams Festival" (25 March 2012), Times-Picayune at nola.com (New OrleansNet) http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2012/03/actress_piper_laurie_charms_au.html