WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/3374/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Russell</b></a></p><blockquote>One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.</blockquote><p><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch. 9 “Fear of Public Opinion” (1930)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/3374/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/russell-bertrand/337…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conformity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conformity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=convention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>convention</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=orthodoxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orthodoxy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=publicopinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicopinion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=submission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submission</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tyrannyofthemajority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrannyofthemajority</span></a></p>