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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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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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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. – Bertrand Russell

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Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earths surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so. – Bertrand Russell

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A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. – Samuel Grafton

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If the day ever comes when everything worth doing has been done, there will be plenty worth undoing. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. – George Santayana

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It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. – Seneca

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Were teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. – Ellen Pompeo

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I voted for Barack because he was black. Cuz thats why other folks vote for other people – because they look like them… Thats American politics, pure and simple. – Samuel L. Jackson

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