I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.
Bertrand RussellIn any closet, you can find it, if it is too small, or out of style, or there is just one of it where there should be two
Bertrand RussellThis is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.
Bertrand RussellThe skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the expert consists in calculating what really is advantageous, provided people can be brought to think so.
Bertrand Russell