| Politics | Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Education
Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are make stupid by education.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Bertrand Russell
Bible
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Reason
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Fathers
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Fanatics
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Men
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occured to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Knowledge
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Partiotism
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Movements
All movements go too far.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Beliefs
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Happiness
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation or creed.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Life
Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Bertrand Russell
Morality
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is the delight of moralists -- that is why they invented hell.
- Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Honesty
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
- Bertrand Russell
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