Bertrand Russell



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

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

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

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

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

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

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