Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
BERTOLT BRECHT
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Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht We 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Temptation to behave is terrible.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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