"In America everybody is of the opinion that……" — Bertrand Russell

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social… - Bertrand Russell

"In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards."

— Bertrand Russell

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