War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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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...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of...

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...

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work...

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will...

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their...

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what...

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what...

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such...

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such...

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such...

Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I...

Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I...

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Its the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

Its the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...