from Bertrand Russell

Rating: 1/10 (30 April 2015)

A quote from Bertrand Russell; philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist. Russell was a prominent anti-war activist; he championed anti-imperialism and went to prison for his pacifism during World War I. Later, he campaigned against Adolf Hitler, then criticised Stalinist totalitarianism, and attacked the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. Here is what he said briefly and with wit:
The State is primarily an organization for killing foreigners.
That's its main purpose.
There are, of course, other things they do.
They do a certain amount of educating;
they try very hard to make the young think it's a grand thing to kill foreigners...
...Bertrand Russell