Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was that women would tend to be pacifists. During the war they gave a large-scale refutation of this charge, and the vote was given to them…

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the...

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...

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

All human activity is prompted by desire

All human activity is prompted by desire

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

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...

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief...

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men,...