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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If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is...

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of...

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure.

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we...

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...

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...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of...

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

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...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of...

Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of...

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational...