"It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended."
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"Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.“
-Friedrich Durrenmatt
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"The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint."
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"When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words."
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"Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand."
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"Power is paradoxical."
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"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."
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