If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly surprising, it is imperative that our political thinking should penetrate more deeply into the springs of human action.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and...

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever...

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with...

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you...

It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and...

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

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

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not...

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not...

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

In all affairs, love, religion, politics, or business, it's a healthy idea, now and then,...

All human activity is prompted by desire

All human activity is prompted by desire

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 observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

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...

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in...

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in...

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

The role of the intelligence -that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates...

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al...

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al...