Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
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
When two great powers disagree about anything - it doesn't matter what - they must find a way to settle it somehow… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is... in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times - I mean science. Science cannot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage. It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism tobe false.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
No Carthaginian denied Moloch, because to do so would have required more courage that was required to face death in battle. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was that women would tend to be pacifists.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I think that, if we are to feel at home in the world after the present war, we shall have to admit… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Religion prevents our children from having a rational education; religion prevents us from removing the fundamental causes of war; religion prevents us… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There have been poverty, pestilence, and famine, which were due to man's inadequate mastery of nature. There have been wars, oppressions and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Prudence versus passion is a conflict that runs through history.” — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
And all this madness, all this rage, all this flaming death of our civilization and our hopes, has been brought about because… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The criminal law has, from the point of view of thwarted virtue, the merit of allowing an outlet for those impulses of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
With civilized men..., it is, I think, chiefly love of excitement which makes the populace applaud when war breaks out; the emotion… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The best authorities are unanimous in saying that a war with H-bombs might possibly put an end to the human race. It… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“In the Second World War he took no public part, having escaped to a neutral country just before its outbreak. In private… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. — 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
“To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need for our civ ilisation; but no such system has… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“If wars are eliminated and production is organized scientifically, it is probable that four hours' work a day will suffice to keep… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as… — 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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