Bertrand Russell | fear
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
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Bertrand Russell | fear
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
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Bertrand Russell | fear
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Bertrand Russell | fear
Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
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Bertrand Russell | family
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
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Bertrand Russell | experience
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.
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Bertrand Russell | equality
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.
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