Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

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.

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...

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.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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...

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...

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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 savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.