Logo
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

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Civilization
Author
Bertrand Russell
Read Quote

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Kindness
Author
Bertrand Russell
Read Quote

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Equality
Author
Bertrand Russell
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
respect
category

We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people dont like us. Women tend to worry about popularity it doesnt matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay. – Mika Brzezinski

Category:
respect

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though its much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress. – Betsey Johnson

Category:
respect

Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect, leading to permanent peace in the Taiwan Strait. – Nick Lampson

Category:
respect

Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. – Eliot Spitzer

Category:
respect

Random Quotes

When money is taken freedom is forsaken. – Proverb

Category:
Money

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. – Mehmet Oz

Category:
Health

Most people are really cool and I really dont mind talking to them and answering their questions. – Jimmy Carl Black

Category:
cool

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith. – Richard Morris

Category:
Faith