You find as you look around the world that every single bit of progress in humane feeling, every improvement in the criminal… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It would now be technically possible to unify the world, abolish war and poverty altogether, if men desired their own happiness more… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Force plays a much larger part in the government of the world than it did before 1914, and what is especially alarming,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any "great ideal" which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. .… — 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 Image
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 Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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