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.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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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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First the pork chops, then morality
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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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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One must live well to know what living is.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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