BERTOLT BRECHT

Some quotes…

“It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.“

“No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.”

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”

“ANDREA: Unhappy the land that has no heroes! . . . GALILEO: No, unhappy the land that needs heroes.”

“Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men.
For though the bastard is dead, the bitch that bore him is again in heat.”

Peachum - “the law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. And anyone who wants a crumb of this exploitation for himself must obey the law strictly”

Brown - “I see, then you believe our judges are corruptible”

Peachum - “not at all, sir, not at all. our judges are absolutely incorruptible: its more than money can do to make them give a fair verdict.”