A Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Betrayed Chose Itself Knew Rome Truth Tyranny Violence

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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Swiss - Author
January 5, 1921 - December 14, 1990

The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!

Nelson Mandela

My relationship was always abusive, so I chose to not socialise much. People who knew me knew that what pain I was going through.

Rashami Desai

Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.

Joe Abercrombie

I've had some very close encounters with the other side. They chose me to do this - I was doing this all before a TV show. They chose me to communicate with them; they chose my path as a paranormal.

Zak Bagans

He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to her. He knew that his absence bound her to him in a manner more complete and humiliating than his presence could enforce. He was giving her time to attempt an escape, in order to let her know her own helplessness when he chose to see her again.

Ayn Rand

I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth.

Monica Lewinsky

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

Greg Rutherford

Somehow I knew that no matter what I chose to tell or to keep secret, he would understand.

Lisa Kleypas

We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation.

Marco Rubio

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating influence of orthodoxy and standardized thought. They weighed the compulsions for restrained speech and thought against the abuses of liberty. They chose liberty.

William O. Douglas

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

David Seaman

he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.

Melina Marchetta

As I said in the past, when I chose to come to AC Milan I knew I would go through good and bad times.

Leonardo Bonucci

I knew what I was getting into when I chose golf. Hell, I knew I'd never get rich and famous. All the discrimination, the not being able to play where I deserved and wanted to play - in the end, I didn't give a damn. I was made for a tough life because I'm a tough man. And in the end, I won: I got a lot of black people playing golf.