PhilosophyQuotes:

"...although we cannot set up in any detail an idea of character which is to be universally applicable - although we cannot say, for instance, that all men ought to be industrious, or self-sacrificing, or fond of music - there are some broad principles which can be used to guide our estimates as to what is possible or desirable."

"You may put a man to death because he loves his fellow-men, but you will not by so doing acquire the love which made his happiness. Force is impotent in such matters; it is only as regards material goods that it is effective. For this reason the men who believe in force are the men whose thoughts and desires are preoccupied with material goods."

"What we shall desire for individuals is now clear: strong creative impulses, overpowering and absorbing the instinct of possession; reverence for others; respect for the fundamental creative impulse in ourselves."

-Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), Political Ideals (1917)

Russell's Political Ideals is available online at Amazon.com.