Quote by Bertrand Russell
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. – Bertrand Russell

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A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is. – Bertrand Russell

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I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level. – Matt Cameron

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Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

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I respect Everest very much. – Anatoli Boukreev

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If guys dont respect themselves, they dont respect other people. Thats times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it dont take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd. – Richard Petty

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