We are the world.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

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...

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.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

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.

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

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

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

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

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

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

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

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...

Human life is beyond comprehension.

Human life is beyond comprehension.

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...

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

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...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

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...