Bertrand Russell

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.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

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

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine.

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

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.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Sin is geographical.