Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

Bertrand Russell

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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Bertrand Russell

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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Bertrand Russell

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Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.

Bertrand Russell

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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

Bertrand Russell

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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Bertrand Russell

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There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

Bertrand Russell

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.