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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.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Confusion Humanity Nature
Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
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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Fool Government Splits
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Dammed Easy Important
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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Desire Reality Understanding
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying

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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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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