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Do we still have the right to be more than victims? — Friedrich Durrenmatt

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Humor is the mask of wisdom. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Truth is always a delusion. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

World history is tragic. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

Human life is beyond comprehension. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

The savages don't have atom bombs. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Justice is horrible. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

To make the essence of man visible in the exposure is the highest art of photography. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

There is no greater cruelty than a genius stumbling over something idiotic. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

We are the world. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to see Him, we can only search for Him. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

A writer doesn't solve problems. He allows them to emerge. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

There are thoughts we must not think. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Reality can be only partially attacked by logic. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

The problems of all of humanity can only be solved by all of humanity. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Whoever wants to hide a big scandal is best to stage a small one — Friedrich Durrenmatt

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

Who sows fear, reaps weapons. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Power is paradoxical. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

For a person who is dying only eternity counts. — Friedrich Durrenmatt