Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one,...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the...

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are...

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are...

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are...

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...

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...

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory...

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced...

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...

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...

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...