Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

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 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...

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.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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...

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

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

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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

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

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

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

Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another...

Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another...

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the...