Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
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This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?
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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.
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World history is tragic.
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Who sows fear, reaps weapons.
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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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Do we still have the right to be more than victims?
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Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.
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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
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The savages don't have atom bombs.
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A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.
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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.
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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.
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We can't afford the wrath of Heaven. We survived a deluge by the skin of our teeth, but an economic crisis would be disastrous.