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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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The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. – Bertrand Russell

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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other peoples happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. – Bertrand Russell

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To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats. – Hideki Tojo

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With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision. – Roger Mahony

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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. – Malcolm X

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I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition. – Indira Gandhi

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All religions must be tolerated… for… every man must get to heaven his own way. – Frederick the Great

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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. – Mother Teresa

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Politics swings like a pendulum. – Ed Gillespie

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