Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a … - Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.

Difference, Differences, Russia, Spy, Takes, United

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As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.

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The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.

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Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.

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Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.

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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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I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

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