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 true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. – Bertrand Russell

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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer. – Bertrand Russell

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To live in scarcity is to worry about the cost of food; to live in abundance is to worry about who else you can invite for dinner. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. – George Bernard Shaw

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I went to a cafe that advertised breakfast anytime, so I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. – Steven Wright

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Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Food should be raw, just the way God intended it! – Carol Alt

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Sometimes divorce is better than marriage. – Sumner Redstone

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln

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If you cant get rid of the skeleton in your closet, youd best teach it to dance. – George Bernard Shaw

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