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> [Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/humanity-will-ever-seek-but-never-attain-perfection-let-us-at-least/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

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## More by Dora Russell

> [One of the problems with industrialism is that it's based on the premise of more and more. It has to keep expanding to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/one-of-the-problems-with-industrialism-is-that-it-s-based-on-the/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/we-do-not-want-our-world-to-perish-but-in-our-quest-for-knowledge/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/we-have-never-yet-had-a-labor-government-that-knew-what-taking-power/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [I read recently in an article by G.K. Chesterton, that sex without gestation and parturition is like blowing the trumpets and waving the flags…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/i-read-recently-in-an-article-by-g-k-chesterton-that-sex-without/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/we-want-far-better-reasons-for-having-children-than-not-knowing-how/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Industrialism is the religion with 'the machine' as the god going to answer all the prayers. Communism and capitalism were just competing sects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/industrialism-is-the-religion-with-the-machine-as-the-god-going-to/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Because men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/because-men-have-so-long-ruled-the-world-it-does-not-follow-that-the/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/democracy-can-only-spring-from-practising-it-early-and-democratic/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/marriage-laws-the-police-armies-and-navies-are-the-mark-of-human/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Comfort is bought at too high a price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/comfort-is-bought-at-too-high-a-price/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/hence-we-did-not-foster-competition-in-our-school-on-the-contrary/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/we-have-heeded-no-wisdom-offering-guidance/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/humanity-will-ever-seek-but-never-attain-perfection-let-us-at-least/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [Strictly speaking, no person who believes that wars between classes and nations are inevitable is fit to be in charge of the destiny of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/strictly-speaking-no-person-who-believes-that-wars-between-classes/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

> [What does one do about the dead? They live forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dora-russell/what-does-one-do-about-the-dead-they-live-forever/)

[Dora Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dora-russell/)

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