The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

For art to be 'unpolitical' means only to ally itself with the 'ruling' group.

First the grub, then the morals.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

The fate of man is man.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.