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Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligen

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. – Bertrand Russell

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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. – Bertrand Russell

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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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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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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. – Stephen Hawking

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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering. – Kelly Ayotte

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