Georg Büchner Quotes
1813–1837 Germany
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner.
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Also known as: Georg Buchner
43 quotes
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people’s body.
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority.
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
There is something beautiful about virtue, Captain. But I am just a poor guy.
Death is the most blessed dream.
In Germany, the judicial system has been the whore of the German princes for centuries.
Germany is now a field of cadavers, soon she will be a paradise.
We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!
Dying people often become childish
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Georg Büchner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.