Bertrand Russell Quotes About Liberty
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The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice. Within a nation, this public authority will naturally be the state; in relations between nations, if the present anarchy is to cease, it will have to be some international parliament.
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
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Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.
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Liberty is the right to do what I like; licence, the right to do what you like.
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Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
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Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.
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