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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

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach. – Bertrand Russell

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Hypocrisy
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Bertrand Russell
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Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me. – Bertrand Russell

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respect
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Bertrand Russell
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Fear
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened… well, Im just thankful to be alive. Im just grateful to be here at all. – Travis Barker

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Fear

Many a time freedom has been rolled back – and always for the same sorry reason: fear. – Molly Ivins

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Fear

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear. – Douglas MacArthur

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Fear

Let them hate so long as they fear. – Lucius Accius

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Fear

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