WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 26, 2025

A quotation from Hannah Arendt

In a courtroom there is no system on trial, no History or historical trend, no ism, anti-Semitism for instance, but a person, and if the defendant happens to be a functionary, he stands accused precisely because even a functionary is still a human being, and it is in this capacity that he stands trial.

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener Magazine

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WIST Quotations moves again!Dec 19, 2024

A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:

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The mass of men serve the State thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, gaolers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral se…
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https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/47762/

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Rafagas LinksJan 24, 2023

X-ray of the public employee: how many administration workers does each territory have, in which areas of action and with what employment relationship and what ratio it represents in relation to the inhabitants compared to Spain and Europe #functionary

https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/250831/radiografia-empleat-public-quants-municipi-fan-molts-funcionaris

Radiografia de l'empleat públic: quants n'hi ha i què fan? En són molts?

Catalunya té 380.000 treballadors de l'administració, però és el territori de l'Estat on n'hi ha menys en relació a la seva població

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