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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

Bertolt Brecht

When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
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
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Brains Cart Front Patch Skull
You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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God Sky Storm
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
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
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
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest Home Wind
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise

The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.

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