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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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

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

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

World history is tragic.

World history is tragic.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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,...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...