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Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

Bertrand Russell (1996). “Unpopular Essays”, p.176, Psychology Press

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.113, Routledge

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

Bertrand Russell, Robert Charles Marsh (1988). “Logic and Knowledge: Essays 1901-1950”, p.149, Psychology Press

The free intellect is the chief engine of human progress.

Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.197, Psychology Press

The finding of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading

Bertrand Russell (2004). “History of Western Philosophy”, p.427, Routledge

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

Bertrand Russell (2014). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.66, Routledge

Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake.

Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.547, Psychology Press