News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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

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

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

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