There is no greater crime than leaving - Bertolt Brecht

There is no greater crime than leaving.

In friends, what do you count on? Not on what they do.

You never can tell what they will do. Not on what they are. That

May change. Only on this: their not leaving.

He who cannot leave cannot stay. He who has a pass

In his pocket – will he stay when the attack begins? Perhaps

He will not stay.

If it goes badly with me, perhaps he will stay. But if it goes

Badly with him, perhaps he will leave.

Fighters are poor people. They cannot leave. When the attack

Begins they cannot leave.

He who stays is known. He who has left was not known. What left

Is different from what was here.

Before we go into battle I must know: have you a pass

In your coat pocket? Is a plane waiting for you behind the battlefield?

How many defeats do you want to survive? Can I send you away?

Well, then, let’s not go into battle.