Bertrand Russell — "I am not interested in the universe as a mere collection of facts, but as a syst…"

"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid tha…"

"If a majority in every civilized country so desired, we could, within twenty years, abolish all abject poverty, quite half the illness in the world, the whole economic slavery which binds down nine te…"

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

"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."

"Children are not born with a sense of sin, but are taught it by their parents."