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Hannah Arendt

“Beginning, before it becomes a historical event, is the supreme capacity of man; politically, it is identified with man's freedom. 'That a beginning be made man was created' said Augustine. This beginning is guaranteed by each new birth; it is indeed every man.”

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
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