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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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.

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.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to...

I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to...

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,...

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

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...

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

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

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

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

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

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...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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

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

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...