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Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted to sinister uses by those who control propaganda.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.
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When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.
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Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with less of stoic courage than is needed by skeptics.
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All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs and if these are rejected, nothing is left.
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