Kurt Tucholsky quotes

Kurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist, and writer, known for his sharp wit and political commentary during the Weimar Republic. His works criticized authoritarianism, militarism, and social injustice in Germany. He remains an influential voice in German literature and journalism. Here are 8 of his quotes:

Translated: Mankind doesn't grant itself anything-that is why it has invented the law. It isn't allowed for him so it shouldn't be allowed for others. (Kurt Tucholsky)

Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.

Kurt Tucholsky

Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.

Kurt Tucholsky

Translated: Furthermore, here the one pointing out the filthiness is perceived as much more dangerous than the one producing the filth.

Kurt Tucholsky

Translated: Man has-next to the drives of reproduction and dining-two passions: making noise and not listening.

Kurt Tucholsky

Translated: For four years, there were whole square miles of land where murder was obligatory, while it was strictly forbidden half an hour away. Did I say: murder? Of course murder. Soldiers are murderers.

Kurt Tucholsky

Translated: Human stupidity is international.

Kurt Tucholsky

At which a diplomat from France replies: «The war? I can't find it too terrible! The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!»)

Kurt Tucholsky

Kurt Tucholsky

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Occupation: German Journalist
Born: January 9, 1890
Died: December 21, 1935
Quotes count: 8
Wikipedia: Kurt Tucholsky

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