Neither protest nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradicts one's prejudgment simply need to be … - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Neither protest nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradicts one's prejudgment simply need to be believed — in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical — and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental.

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About Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Alternative Names: Bonhoeffer • Dietrich Bonhoefer • Dieter Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoeffer • D. Bonhoefer • Bonhoefer • Dietrich BONHOEFFER • Dietrich Bonhoffer • Dietrich Bonhöffer • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich • Bonhoefer, Dietrich • Bonhoffer, Dietrich • Bonhöffer, Dietrich
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There remains an experience of incomparable value. We have for once learned to see the great events of world history from below, from the perspective of the outcasts, the suspects, the maltreated — in short, from the perspective of those who suffer.
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