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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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...

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...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

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

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

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.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

We are the world.

We are the world.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

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

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

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...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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...

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

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