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If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based upon faith, you will realize

If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the argument goes against you. But if your belief is based upon faith, you will realize that argument is useless, and will therefore resort to force either in the form of persecution or by stunting or distorting the minds of the young in what is called 'education.'

Bertrand Russell
Thinking, Support, Intelligence
Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.59, Routledge

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

Bertrand Russell
Inspirational, Government, Intelligence
Bertrand Russell (2004). “Sceptical Essays”, p.2, Psychology Press

I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious.

Bertrand Russell
Thinking, Intelligence, Sometimes
Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.73, Routledge

Of course not. After all, I may be wrong.

Bertrand Russell
Intelligence, May, Courses
Attributed in "The Times book of quotations" by Philip Howard, (p. 84), 2000.

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we compare the (present) human population of the globe with . . . that of former times, we see that "chemical imperialism" has been . . . the main end to which human intelligence has been devoted.

Bertrand Russell
Life, Intelligence, Population

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