There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citi…

Bertrand Russell
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There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citizens and a community molded by modern methods of propaganda as there is between a heap of raw materials and a battleship. ✨ Bertrand Russell (1986). Bertrand Russell on God and Religion
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