"Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic."
― Bertrand Russell
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History
― Bertrand Russell
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- "The Australian Government’s decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game; eliminate waste; and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future."― Kevin Rudd
- "You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That’s what natural history programmes should be for."― David Attenborough
- "We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history."― Daisaku Ikeda