Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.”

“It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.”

“We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.”

“Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.”

“Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand.”

“Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.”

“Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.”

“News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.”

“Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.”

“People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.”