Rolf Hochhuth Quotes

Rolf Hochhuth is a German author and playwright. He is best known for his 1963 drama The Deputy, which insinuates Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, and he remains a controversial figure both for his plays and other public comments and for his 2005 defense of Holocaust denier David Irving. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. April 1931
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Rolf Hochhuth Quotes

“To improve man - that's the beginning of all terror. Religion founders, totalitarists, self-righteous playwrights, ideologues, they always want the new man, the better one.”

Rolf Hochhuth

Den Menschen verbessern - damit fängt aller Terror an, Religionsstifter, Totalitäre, selbstgerechte Stückeschreiber, Ideologen wollen immer den neuen Menschen, den besseren.
Alan Turing

“Only the foolish learn from experience - the wise learn from the experience of others.”

Rolf Hochhuth

Nur der Dumme lernt aus Erfahrung, der Kluge aus der Erfahrung der anderen!
Alan Turing

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