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Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence."

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint."

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.




Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand"

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Humor is the mask of wisdom."

Humor is the mask of wisdom.




Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news."

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "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.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland."

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.




Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality."

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury."

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.



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

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The content of physics is the concern of physicists, its effect the concern of all men."

The content of physics is the concern of physicists, its effect the concern of all men.




Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence."

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right."

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "One does not set fire to a world which is already lost"

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said."

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The savages don't have atom bombs."

The savages don't have atom bombs.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere."

It is only in love and murder that we still remain sincere.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Without tolerance, our world turns into hell."

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "For a person who is dying only eternity counts."

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule."

In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality."

He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "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."

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.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic."

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them."

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth."

What the world needs is not redemption from sin but redemption from hunger and oppression; it has no need to pin its hopes upon Heaven, it has everything to hope for from this earth.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again."

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it."

It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior."

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?"

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended"

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Human life is beyond comprehension."

Human life is beyond comprehension.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn."

A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Truth is always a delusion."

Truth is always a delusion.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "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."

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.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies."

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying."

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect."

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control."

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "World history is tragic."

World history is tragic.



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

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it."

Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it.



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands."

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



Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes: "A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn."

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.