Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

To be worthy of the name, he must be free of two things; the force...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I...

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer...

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance...

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...