Georg Buchner
Georg Buchner
Karl Georg Büchnerwas a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary, a natural scientist, and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though few in number, are generally held in great esteem in Germany and it is widely believed that, had it not been for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth17 October 1813
CountryGermany
The sin is in our thoughts.
The revolution must end and the republic must begin. In our constitution, right must take the place of duty, welfare that of virtue, and self-defense that of punishment. Everyone must be able to prevail and to live according to one's own nature.
Germany is now a field of cadavers, soon she will be a paradise.
Revolution calls my name. I will soon dwell in nothingness, and my name will be in the Pantheon of history.
Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?
The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all.
Freedom and whores are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.
Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength
The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end
Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority.
Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.