There are thoughts we must not think.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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...

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

We are the world.

We are the world.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

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.

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...

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.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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.

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...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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...

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...