Mahmoud Khalil; Arendt - on totalitarianism

“The fundamental deprivation of human rights is manifested first and above all in the deprivation of a place in the world which makes opinions significant and actions effective. Something much more fundamental than freedom and justice, which are rights of citizens, is at stake when belonging to the community into which one is born is no longer a matter of course and not belonging no longer a matter of choice, or when one is placed in a situation where, unless he commits a crime, his treatment by others does not depend on what he does or does not do.” (296)

“...this calamity [of rightless refugees] arose not from any lack of civilization… but on the contrary, that it could not be repaired, because there was no longer any “uncivilized” spot on earth, because whether we like it or not we have really started to live in One World. Only with a completely organized humanity could the loss of home and political status become identical with expulsion from humanity altogether.” (297)

“The crimes against human rights… can always be justified by the pretext that right is equivalent to being good or useful for the whole in distinction to its parts.” (299) 

“The world found nothing sacred in the abstract nakedness of being human.” (299)