This is from BBC’s Face to Face interview with Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, in 1959.
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Yes, I agree with this message. Bertrand Russell was a wise man who defended freedom of opinion and expression.
I often said to my children to think for themselves, to be right with their thoughts and their acts. Tolerance is very important to live together and in peace… Today, I’m happy to see them honest and not afraid to say what they feel.
We live for love because it’s wise and because hatred is foolish.
I think I should have written:
… to be right about their thoughts and their acts.
I would say, “… to be just in their…”.