Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes
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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand
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Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.
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Who sows fear, reaps weapons.
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The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.
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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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It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.
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Humor is the mask of wisdom.
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The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
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The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is only in part realized, and most people are starving.
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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
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Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity
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It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim
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To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography.
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Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
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Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
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The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
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It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
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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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Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
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Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.
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News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.
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There are thoughts we must not think
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It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.
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To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith.
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A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.
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There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.
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A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.
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