Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.

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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...

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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

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.

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

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

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

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

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

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

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

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

We are the world.

We are the world.

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.