Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
BERTOLT BRECHTFearful is the seductive power of goodness.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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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.
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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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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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But something’s missing.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Life is short and so is money.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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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.
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