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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Dissent Quotes

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.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

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

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

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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.

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.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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

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

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

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

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

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.