Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle in a competitive… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Religions, which condemn thepleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of social success, in the form of prestige or power or both, is the most important obstacle to happiness in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Religious toleration, to a certain extent, has been won, because people have ceased to consider religion so important as it was once… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“...It is necessary for the average citizen, if he wishes to make a living, to avoid incurring the hostility of certain big… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
So in everything: power lies with those who control finance, not with those who know the matter upon which the money is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In spite of Death, the mark and seal of the parental control, Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“But there is no conceivable way of making people do things they do not wish to do. What is possible is to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“During the war, the holders of power in all countries found it necessary to bribe the populations into cooperation by unusual concessions.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“In national politics, where you are one of some twenty million voters, your influence is infinitesimal unless you are exceptional or occupy… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The habit of considering a man’s religious, moral and political opinions before appointing him to a post or giving him a job… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The . . . increase in the power of officials is a constant source of irritation to everybody else. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share
