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A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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Konolfingen BE
P'ŭridŭrihi Dwirenmat'ŭ
Fridrikh Diurrenmatt
Fritrish Tiwrrěmat't'
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That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.
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In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.
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