Right is its own defense.
BERTOLT BRECHTWe attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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