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> [“Social cohesion is a necessity, and mankind has never yet succeeded in enforcing cohesion by merely rational arguments. Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers: ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/social-cohesion-is-a-necessity-and-mankind-has-never-yet-succeeded-in/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“It is clear that each party to this dispute—as to all that persist through long periods of time—is partly right and partly wrong. Social cohesion is a necessity, and mankind has never yet succeeded in enforcing cohesion by merely rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/it-is-clear-that-each-party-to-this-dispute-as-to-all-that-persist/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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