Author: Georg Buchner

Quotes

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

- Georg Buchner

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

- Georg Buchner

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

- Georg Buchner

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

- Georg Buchner

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

- Georg Buchner

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

- Georg Buchner

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

- Georg Buchner

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.

- Georg Buchner

Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!

Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!

- Georg Buchner

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