Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

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.

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...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

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.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

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...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

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

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

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

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.