There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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.

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,...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.