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quotes by topic Philosophical

" The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. "

Philosophy , Political , Philosophical

" The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. "

Politics , Philosophical , Historical

" From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. "

Political , Philosophical

" The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. "

People , Philosophical , Atheist

" The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. "

Work , Technology , Philosophical

" The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually, your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their way to protect you unconditionally. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe and sometimes, pardon my language, kick some ass. "

Queen Elizabeth II

Believe , Motivation , Philosophical

" The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor. "

Comfort , Poverty , Philosophical

" As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to explaining away plain facts which obviously conflict with it. "

Philosophy , Clever , Philosophical

" I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of the alleged facts which are investigated by Psychical Researchers. I am wholly impenitent about this. The scientists in question seem to me to confuse the Author of Nature with the Editor of Nature; or at any rate to suppose that there can be no productions of the former which would not be accepted for publication by the latter. And I see no reason to believe this. "

Philosophy , Taken , Philosophical

" Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we must start from them, and that we ought to depart from them only when we find good reason to do so. "

Thinking , Sense , Common , Philosophical

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