He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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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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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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