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Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

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

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.



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

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn΄t wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

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