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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.

Bertolt Brecht

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Men Scholarship Turns
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
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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Crush Men Powerful
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Mean World
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Change Nothing Reality Representation
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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Men Real Screen Voice
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm

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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