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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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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. – Bertrand Russell

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A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. – Bertrand Russell

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. – Bertrand Russell

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Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor ones parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. – Alice Miller

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Dont tell your kids you had an easy birth or they wont respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.. – Joan Rivers

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Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane… There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Im not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people dont get it right or dont respect others needs. – Colin Firth

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This is Scott Fitzgerald: very romantic writer—big with English majors, college girls, nymphomaniacs… – Woody Allen, Sleeper, 1973

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People say, Just say who youre dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it. Its like, No they wont! Theyll ask for specifics. – Kristen Stewart

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I never let them cough. They wouldnt dare. – Ethel Barrymore

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We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. – Howard Zinn

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