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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued beca

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. – Bertrand Russell

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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. – Bertrand Russell

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One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. – Bertrand Russell

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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. – John Stuart Mill

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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus

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The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could. – Proverb

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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of ones inner power. – Xun Zi

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