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Bertrand Russell Quotes
Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely.
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What Desires Are Politically Important?, Nobel Lecture (December 11, 1950)
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Bertrand Russell
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Polymath, Mathematician, Philosopher
Born:
May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970
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