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Quote by Bertrand Russell
If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of gr

If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote? – Bertrand Russell

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The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic. – Bertrand Russell

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We envy others, for we see their lives in broad outline, while forced to live ours in every detail. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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