Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

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

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

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does...

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 inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

We are the world.

We are the world.

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.

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.

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...

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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...

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...

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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

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

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...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

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.

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

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