by Betrand Russell

It is felt that people who think for themselves are awkward to manage and cause administrative difficulties.

Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality

I believe the best social system to be one in which nobody has much power ; but it will be very difficult to induce politicians to establish such a system.

I do not think it is worth while to preach difficult virtues or extremes of self-denial, because the response is not likely to be great.  But I have hopes of laziness as a gospel.

The fallacy of the aristocrat consists in judging a society by the kind of life it affords to a privileged minority.

hitherto no population has felt as strongly about matters which affect its welfare as about trivial points of superstition.

The habit of basing conclusions on the evidence, and of giving them only so much certainty as the evidence warrants would, if it became general, cure most of the problems from which the world now suffers

We respect more a man who goes to his office every day, even if all that he does in his office is harmful.

If, in practice, certain opinions lead a man to starve, it is poor comfort to him to know that his opinions are not punishable by law.