# In Defense of Lost Causes

- Author: [Slavoj Žižek](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes

## Quotes

> ...crazy, tasteless even, as it may sound, the problem with Hitler was that he was not violent enough, that his violence was not 'essential' enough...

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> ...there is never a "right moment" for the revolutionary act - the act is always, by definition, "premature".

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes/there-is-never.md)

> Heidegger is 'great' not in spite of, but because of his Nazi engagement...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes/heidegger-is-great.md)