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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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

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

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

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

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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...

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.

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.

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...

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more,...

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

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.

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

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

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change...