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More Quotes by Bertolt Brecht
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
In the contradiction lies the hope.
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions. He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics. He doesn't know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations.
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
If you don't have fun, you don't have a show.
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.