One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions,...

People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is...

People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is...

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

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

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

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...

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's...

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...

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

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...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that...

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that...