"It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended."
-Friedrich Durrenmatt
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"In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.“
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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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"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."
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