One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntarysubmission to an unnecessarytyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.
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This quote is just one of 100 total Bertrand Russell quotes in our collection. Bertrand Russell is known for saying 'One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.' as well as some of the following quotes.
The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe the thing that appears to him of most importance is that he himself should be virtuous. It is a grave defect in certain forms of traditional religion that they have encouraged this particular kind of self-absorption.
This quote is just one of 100 total Bertrand Russell quotes in our collection. Bertrand Russell is known for saying 'One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.' as well as some of the following quotes.