"An Honest politician will not be tolerated by……" — Bertrand Russell
"An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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