"When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination……" — Bertrand Russell
"When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
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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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More Conclusive Quotes
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one of 46 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and…
— Alister E. McGrath
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to…
— Karl Popper
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With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of…
— Kenneth Clarke
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Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.
— Zig Ziglar
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Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that…
— Leon Foucault
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So, will his new gun laws - aimed primarily at law-abiding firearms owners - reduce the crime rate even further?…
— Allan Rock
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If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I don’t think we have conclusive proof that humans are at the center of [global warming]
— Newt Gingrich
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Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of…
— Roger Bacon
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Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
— Alexander Hamilton
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When we look at a painting, or hear a symphony, or read a book, and feel more Named, then, for…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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It was revealed to me many years ago with conclusive certainty that I was a fool and that I had…
— Unknown Author
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