"Every living thing is a sort of imperialist,……" — Bertrand Russell
"Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we compare the (present) human population of the globe with . . . that of former times, we see that "chemical imperialism" has been . . . the main end to which human intelligence has been devoted."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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