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

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

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

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The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than tha...

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That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.

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

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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.

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Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of all times are s...

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Power is paradoxical.

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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

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Human life is beyond comprehension.

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Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom, and grace i...

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Humor is the mask of wisdom.

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.

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Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death...

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For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and fre...

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A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

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A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt