No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When a man acts in ways that annoy us we wish to think him wicked, and we refuse to face the fact… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When I found myself regarded as respectable, I began to wonder what sins I had committed. I must be very wicked, I… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When anaesthetics were invented they were thought to be wicked as being an attempt to thwart God's will. Insanity was thought to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any… — 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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