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

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. – Bertrand Russell

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Men
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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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Fear
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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years. – Bertrand Russell

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Happiness
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man. – Seneca, “On Tranquility of Mind,” translated by Moses Hadas

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There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best. – Rickie Lee Jones

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Fear

We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we dont know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. – Tad Williams

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Fear

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease. – Nelson Mandela

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Fear

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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. – Seth Godin

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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. – Bella Abzug

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Feminism

I love art dealers. In some ways, theyre my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us see art for free. Many are visionaries. – Jerry Saltz

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The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method – Nicholas Murray Butler

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Mathematics