The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. … - Friedrich Durrenmatt

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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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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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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A reasonable change of the world can not be instrumented by pure reason.

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