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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

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.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

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.

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

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

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

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

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

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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

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

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...

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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.