"If a philosophy is to bring happiness it……" — Bertrand Russell
"If a philosophy is to bring happiness it should be inspired by kindly feelings. Marx pretended that he wanted the happiness of the proletariat; what he really wanted was the unhappiness of the bourgeois."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.
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Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.
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