"Totalitarianism, by definition, is rule by an elite, and it can only be understood as such."

"The only way to be truly alive is to be in the world."

"The very fact that totalitarianism can exist and endure, that it is not merely a transient phenomenon, is a terrifying thought."

"Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; thanks to its peculiar ideology and the role assigned to it in this apparatus of coer…"

"The fact that man is capable of action means that the unexpected can be expected from him."