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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Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time. – Bertrand Russell

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The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. – Bertrand Russell

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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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Action conquers fear. – Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. – Baruch Spinoza

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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. – Jawaharlal Nehru

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