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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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

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

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

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

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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...

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.