Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

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...

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...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual...

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

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...

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...

Sex outside marriage is sin; sex within marriage is not sin.

Sex outside marriage is sin; sex within marriage is not sin.

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 point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

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...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

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....

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live...

If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances

If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances

There's a good chance you don't like me, but a even better chance I don't...

There's a good chance you don't like me, but a even better chance I don't...

Dont be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Dont be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...