Justice is horrible.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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

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

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...

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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

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

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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.

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...

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

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

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

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...

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

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