Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things.

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?"