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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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...

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

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

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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

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

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...

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody...

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody...

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 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.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

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...

We are the world.

We are the world.

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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.

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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...

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.