"Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason"
- Friedrich Durrenmatt
About this Quote
This quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt is requiring a new age of Enlightenment, where the present political systems are no longer the sole authority on fact, justice, and flexibility. Rather, Durrenmatt is promoting for a look for truth, justice, freedom, and reason. He is suggesting that the current political systems are not offering the needed conditions for these worths to be achieved. He is suggesting that a new age of Enlightenment is needed in order to produce a society that is based on fact, justice, flexibility, and reason. This quote is a call to action for people to take obligation for their own lives and to strive for a better society. It is a suggestion that we should all interact to produce a much better world.
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