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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.


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

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



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.



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.



Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Humor is the mask of wisdom.



Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand

Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.





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