Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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.

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...

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...

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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...

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

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

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 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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

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...

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...