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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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.
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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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Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.
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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand
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Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back
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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
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Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.
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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.