9 Bertolt Brecht Quotes on Politics

Bertolt Brecht quotes on politics

14. Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?

22. For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

29. Andrea: 'Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero.' Galileo: 'No, Andrea: Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.'

31. What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

36. For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.

49. All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

60. Little changes are the enemies of great changes.

61. Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.

76. Don't rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world stood up and stopped the Bastard, the Bitch that bore him is in heat again.