The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Dissent Quotes

We are the world.

We are the world.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened...

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened...

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.