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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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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. – 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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Knowledge
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The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. – Bertrand Russell

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I respect someones right to privacy and I want them to know it. – Terry Gross

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I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? Ive always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs. – Justin Townes Earle

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Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay. – John Linder

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Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way theyre similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way its performed. – Chris Ware

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Buy a man a beer, and he wastes an hour. Teach a man to brew, and he wastes a lifetime. – Charles Papazian

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I want to say a little something thats long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end. – Adam Yauch

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Dont ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because theres always somebody behind you who really wants to do what youre doing. And theyre going to work harder than you if youre not working hard. – Maria Bartiromo

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Better name for the general practitioner might be multispecialist. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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