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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

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

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

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

We are the world.

We are the world.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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 only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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.

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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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.

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

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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.