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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

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

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

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

We are the world.

We are the world.

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...

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...

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...

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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

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

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...

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

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.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.