We were the unflinching prisoners of a grandiose make-believe, we who looked upon ourselves as heard-headed materialists. We dismissed the distress of today, the human wreckage scattered all about us, the terror and militarism prevailing in the country with the stereotyped belief that we were marching forward with great strides.
Jan ValtinTags: commintern
Prisons are built to break men, and when men are broken society has consummated its revenge
Jan ValtinTags: prison human-spirit
Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.
Jan ValtinI would not have shied away from an assignment to sail a canoe around Cape Horn or to take charge of the government of Afghanistan.
Jan ValtinBlut muss fliessen
Jan ValtinTags: extremism
A man lives his life only when he is marching, i thought, when he keeps marching onwards at any price. When he stops marching onwards, he decays. The joy of life is the joy of the experience that comes from feeling one's own strength.
Jan ValtinTags: human-spirit
We find that a high plane of sustained horror is often convenient for reasons of state." — Inspector Kraus (Gestapo)
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