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• 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.
  -- Bertrand Russell...
• Coming Out should be a voluntary act of affirmation.
• REFERENDUM, n. A law for submission of proposed legislation to a popular vote to learn the nonsensus of public opinion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
  -- Bertrand Russell...
• A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
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• Quote #319 The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
  -- Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism...
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• Avoid unnecessary branches.
• Article the Third: Where a crime of the kidneys has been committed, the accused should enjoy the right to a speedy diaper change.
  Public announcements and guided tours of the aforementioned are not necessary....