Force plays a much larger part in the government of the world than it did before 1914, and what is especially alarming, force tends increasingly to fall into the hands of those who are enemies of civilization.
Bertrand RussellBoredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Bertrand RussellIt is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances in the colonies.
Bertrand RussellReal life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.
Bertrand Russell