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Quote by Bertrand Russell
We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become o

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. – Bertrand Russell

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If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote? – Bertrand Russell

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. – Bertrand Russell

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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives mouths. – Bertrand Russell

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It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body. – Thomas Huxley

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If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education. – Jane Fonda

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Health and education are always issues. – Helen Clark

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