Truls Ljungström

“Once hadst thou passions and calledst them evil. But now hast thou only thy virtues: they grew out of thy passions.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“At the heart of Roman politics, from the beginning of the republic until virtually the end of the imperial era, stands the conviction of the sacredness of foundation, in the sense that once something has been founded it remains binding for all future generations. To be engaged in politics meant first and foremost to preserve the founding of the city of Rome.”
― Hannah Arendt, Between Past and Future

“Experience, all chronicles, and the Holy Scriptures besides, teach us this truth: the less law, the more justice; the fewer commandments, the more good works.

ur traktat om det nya testamentet.”
― Martin Luther

“Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute. In other words, factual truth informs political thought just as rational truth informs philosophical speculation.”
― Hannah Arendt, Between Past and Future