Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
BERTRAND RUSSELLNo nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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One must care about a world one will not see.
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Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand.
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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
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It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of great fear.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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