<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350919" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Not What Was Meant</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom<br>Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats<br>There was a howl and a clamour in its immediate vicinity<br>But roaring above everything<br>Came a deafening thunder of applause<br>From beyond the Sector boundary.<br>Freedom! it roared. Freedom for the artists!<br>Freedom all round! Freedom for all!<br>Freedom for the exploiters! Freedom for the warmongers!<br>Freedom for the Ruhr cartels! Freedom for Hitler's generals!<br>Softly, my dear fellows...<br>The Judas kiss for the artists follows<br>Hard on the Judas kiss for the workers.<br>The arsonist with his bottle of petrol<br>Sneaks up grinning to<br>The Academy of Arts.<br>But it was not to embrace him, just<br>To knock the bottle out of his dirty hand that<br>We asked for elbow room.<br>Even the narrowest minds<br>In which peace is harboured<br>Are more welcome to the arts than the art lover</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who is also a lover of the art of war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bertolt+Brecht">Bertolt Brecht</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350919" data-title="Not What Was Meant de Bertolt Brecht" data-description="When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats There was a howl and a clamour in its immediate vicinity But roaring above everything Came a deafening thunder of applause From beyond the Sector bound..."></div> </div> </div>

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