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The war [World War 1.] is founded on a glaring mistake, men have been confused with machines.

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his remark after witnessing the invasion of Belgium by the German armies, in the start of World War 1. in 1914

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That is the meaning of the coming of Christ.. ..that the word becomes flesh and man is saved from abstraction.

Our cabaret 'Cabaret Voltaire' is a gesture.. .Every word that is spoken and sung here says at least this one thing: that this humiliating age has not succeeded in winning our respect.

It is a mistake to believe in my presence.. .If I take a seat at a party, I can see, even from afar, that only a ghost is sitting there.

I have examined myself carefully. I could never bid chaos welcome, blow up bridges, and do away with ideas. I am not an anarchist.

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