I wanted to quote much less, but it proved difficult, since wanted preserve some kind of "self-containment" of the point. It always feels wrong to take one of the many "quotable bits" from her books, because thinking one knows what there is to know is treacherous, doubly so with this subject. The whole book is very much worth reading, now more than ever.

For those for whom audio is better I can recommend this (apart from audio versions of books of course), lots of very interesting discussions of some of her books: https://www.youtube.com/@hannaharendtcenterforpolit8364/play...