Bertrand Russell
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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.
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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.