Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. – Bertrand Russell
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. – Bertrand Russell
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. – Bertrand Russell
Common sense, however it tries, cannot avoid being surprised from time to time. – Bertrand Russell
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. – Bertrand Russell
Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favor of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life. – Bertrand Russell
The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country