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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?

Bertolt Brecht

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Bertolt Brecht
Age: 58 †
Born: 1898
Born: February 10
Died: 1956
Died: August 14
Author
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Kreisfreie Stadt Augsburg
Berŭtʻoltʻŭ Bŭrehitʻŭ
Pertōl Pirekcṭ
Mpertolt Mprecht
Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
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Bertolt Breht
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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
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Bertolʹd Brekht
Bertolʹt Brekht
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Bŭrehitʻŭ
Pei-tʻo-erh-tʻe Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
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Simpler
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