Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand. – Friedrich Durrenmatt
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. – Ma Jian