--- title: "4 Feds Quotes By Bertrand Russell" description: "4 Feds quotes by Bertrand Russell. Plus more from Bertrand Russell and more Feds sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_755049.jpg" --- > [All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things : That it is better to be alive than dead, better to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-about-certain-things-that-it-is/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_755049.jpg) > [It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-which-human-existence-is/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/bertrand-russell-69_capable_it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-wh_1455739.jpg) > [All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-about-certain-things-that-it-is-2/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_1659623.jpg) > [The man who has fed the chicken every day throughout its life at last wrings its neck instead, showing that more refined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-man-who-has-fed-the-chicken-every-day-throughout-its-life-at-last/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/bertrand-russell-69_chicken_the-man-who-has-fed-the-chicken-every-da_2939574.jpg) ## Other authors on Feds - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerald-epstein-38195.jpg) Gerald Epstein 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/gerald-epstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ron-paul-81013.jpg) Ron Paul 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/ron-paul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sharon-gannon-84548.jpg) Sharon Gannon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/sharon-gannon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-pollan-67386.jpg) Michael Pollan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/michael-pollan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/henry-david-thoreau/) ## More by Bertrand Russell > [ If the State does not acquire supremacy over \[vast private\] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-the-state-does-not-acquire-supremacy-over-vast-private-enterprises/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/that-the-world-is-in-a-bad-shape-is-undeniable-but-there-is-not-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [All movements go too far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-movements-go-too-far/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/those-who-advocate-common-usage-in-philosophy-sometimes-speak-in-a/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/such-in-outline-but-even-more-purposeless-more-void-of-meaning-is-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/dr-arnold-the-admired-reformer-of-public-schools-came-across-some/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/of-all-evils-of-war-the-greatest-is-the-purely-spiritual-evil-the/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/aristotle-maintained-that-women-have-fewer-teeth-than-men-although-he/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/if-an-opinion-contrary-to-your-own-makes-you-angry-that-is-a-sign/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-cannot-escape-from-the-conclusion-that-the-great-ages-of-progress/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/i-think-it-would-be-just-to-say-the-most-essential-characteristic-of/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-newspapers-at-one-time-said-that-i-was-dead-but-after-carefully/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/persecution-is-used-in-theology-not-in-arithmetic-because-in/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [“Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/many-orthodox-people-speak-as-though-it-were-the-business-of-sceptics/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) > [There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-is-no-greater-reason-for-children-to-honour-parents-than-for/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feds/bertrand-russell/#itemlist", "name": "4 Feds Quotes By Bertrand Russell", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things : That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than a slave", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-about-certain-things-that-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_755049.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_755049.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/bertrand-russell-69_alive_all-who-are-not-lunatics-are-agreed-abou_755049.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things : That it is better to be alive than dead, better…” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of life , and that unless contemplation of eternal things is preserved, mankind will become no better than well-fed pigs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bertrand Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-which-human-existence-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/bertrand-russell-69_capable_it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-wh_1455739.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/bertrand-russell-69_capable_it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-wh_1455739.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/bertrand-russell-69_capable_it-appeared-to-me-that-the-dignity-of-wh_1455739.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the…” — Bertrand Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. 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