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A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
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