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Quote by Bertrand Russell
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act human

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. – 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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To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do. – Bertrand Russell

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So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes. – Robert Kiyosaki

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I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think its everything and if you dont do well, your lifes over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present. – Hugh Jackman

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This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you wont get it back later. – Laura Schlessinger

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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings

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