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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

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.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

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...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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

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

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...

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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...

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...

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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

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