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The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century. Speaking as a mathematician, I should say the odds are about three to one against survival.
Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
Age: 97 †
Born: 1872
Born: May 18
Died: 1970
Died: February 2
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Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
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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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Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
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That which exists through itself is called The Eternal. The Eternal has neither name nor shape. It is the one essence, the one primal spirit. Essence and life cannot be seen. They are contained in the light of heaven. The light of heaven cannot be seen. It is contained in the two eyes.
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There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.
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Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are mentally defective
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All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive.
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You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go.
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Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale
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Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?
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Ants and savages put strangers to death.
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it [is] possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia a rival of the United States.
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