[Industrialism's soon diminishing] capacity to supply human needs could be prevented if men exercised any restraint or foresight in their present frenzied exploitation.
Bertrand RussellThose who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'
Bertrand RussellThere was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.
Bertrand RussellThis, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.
Bertrand RussellIt is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago. The gradual emasculation of the Christian doctrine has been effected in spite of the most vigorous resistance, and solely as the result of the onslaughts of freethinkers.
Bertrand Russell