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Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt
A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks lik

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Age
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Change
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Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them. – David Ogden Stiers

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It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. – Murray Rothbard

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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nations interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nations interest. – George W. Bush

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. – Charles de Gaulle

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Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing. – Kurt Busch

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