"That all men are created equal is not self-evident nor can it be proved. We hold this opinion because freedom is possible only among equals, and we believe that the joys and gratifications of free company are to be preferred to the doubtful pleasures of holding dominion." - Hannah Arendt, "Truth and Politics" (247)


"[W]e are all the same, that is, human, in such a way that nobody is ever the same as anyone else who ever lived, lives or will live."  - Hannah Arendt, "The Human Condition" (8)