Translated: For four years, there were whole square miles o… - Kurt Tucholsky

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Translated: For four years, there were whole square miles of land where murder was obligatory, while it was strictly forbidden half an hour away. Did I say: murder? Of course murder. Soldiers are murderers.

Kurt Tucholsky

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Kurt Tucholsky (9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and lyricist.

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Alternative Names: Kaspar Hauser • Peter Panter • Theobald Tiger • Ignaz Wrobel • Paulus Bünzly • Theobald Körner

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Im übrigen gilt ja hier derjenige, der auf den Schmutz hinweist, für viel gefährlicher als der, der den Schmutz macht.

Translated: Mankind doesn't grant itself anything—that is why it has invented the law. It isn't allowed for him so it shouldn't be allowed for others.

Die menschliche Dummheit ist international.

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