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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

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...

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...

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

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

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

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

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

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

We are the world.

We are the world.

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.

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

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

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 savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.