Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
BERTOLT BRECHTThose against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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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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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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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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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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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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