Bertrand Russell

I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. ”

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

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. ”