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More Quotes by Bertolt Brecht
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
In the contradiction lies the hope.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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.
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
If you join the rat race you're in the race of rats.
