Quotes from Peter Weiss

Woe to the man who tries to stretch the imagination of man He shall be mocked he shall be scourged by the blinkered guardians of morality.

Nature supplies the game of chess with its implements; science with its system; art with its aesthetic arrangement of its problems; and God endows it with its blessed power of making people happy.

Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind

Once we thought a few hundred corpses would be enough then we saw thousands were still too few and today we can't even count all the dead Everywhere you look.

What has gone wrong with the men who are ruling I'd like to know who they think they are fooling They told us that torture was over and gone but everyone knows the same torture goes on

We've got rights the right to starve We've got jobs waiting for work We're all brothers lousy and dirty We're all free and equal to die like dogs

Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human race I hate Nature this passionless spectator this unbreakable iceberg-face that can bear everything this goads us to greater and greater acts

We're all free and equal to die like dogs

Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out Neither side is glorious On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing Not to lie under the earth but to walk upon it without crutches (Roux, act 1, scene 19)

Long ago I left heroics to the heroes

What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation

With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.

What kind of town is this What sort of streets are these Who invented this who profits by it I saw peddlers at every corner they're selling little guillotines with tiny sharp blades and dolls filled with red liquid which spurts fro the neck when the sentence is carried out. What kind of children are these who can play with this toys so efficiently and who is judging

SADE Desprezo essas manifestações da masa que giram em círculo vicioso (...) Desprezo todas essas boas intenções que se perdem nas vielas desprezo todos os sacrifícios feitos por alguma coisa Só acredito em mim mesmo.

These cells of the inner self are darker than the deepest stone dungeon, and as long as they are locked, all your revolution remains but a prison mutiny, to be put down by corrupted fellow prisoners.

Marat o que aconteceu com nossa Revolução Marat não queremos mais esperar até amanhã Marat continuamos sempre gente pobre e queremos hoje as mudanças prometidas.

MARAT O que é uma banheira de sangue perto do sangue que ainda há de correr Um dia pensamos que algumas centenas de mortos seriam o bastate depois vimos que mesmo milhares eram insuficientes E hoje não podem mais ser contados ali e em todo lugar em todo lugar (...) Simonne Ouço o clamor dentro de mim Simonne Eu sou a Revolução.

SADE Olhai-os Marat olhai os antigos donos de todos os bens do mundo como transformaram em triunfo a sua queda Agora que lhes roubaram todos os prazeres O cadafalso guarda-os de tédio infindo Felizes sobem as escadas como se subissem ao trono Não é o cúmulo da corrupção

OS QUATRO CANTORES Pobre Marat em tua casa cercada estás adiantado um século de nós Enquanto tine a lâmpada lá fora e tuas palavras se decompõe escorre-se em sangue toda a verdade que aprendeste

Chiedi al Bunkerjakob che controllava tutto Come fai a resistere Lui disse Sia lode a quanto rende duri Io sto bene mangio le razioni di quelli là dentro La loro morte non mi tocca Tutto questo mi tocca quanto può toccarmi la pietra di questo muro

The only truths we can point to are the ever-changing truths of our own experience.

We can say what we like without favour or fear and what we can't say we can breathe in your ear