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It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
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The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
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