Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays Quotes
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.