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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Dissent Quotes

We are the world.

We are the world.

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,...

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...

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...

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the...

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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

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

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.