Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

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

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity.

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.

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...

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 worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

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...

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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.

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...

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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...

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...

We are the world.

We are the world.

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

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

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

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