“Education should aim at destroying free will so thatpupils thus schooled, will be incapable throughoutthe rest of their lives of thinking or acting otherwisethan as their schoolmasters would have wished. . . .Influences of the home are obstructive; and in orderto condition students, verses set to music and repeatedlyintoned are very effective. . . . It is for afuture scientist to make these maxims precise andto discover exactly how much it costs per head tomake children believe that snow is black. When thetechnique has been perfected, every government thathas been in charge of education for more than onegeneration will be able to control its subjects securelywithout the need of armies or policemen.”

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About Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician of the early 20th century, Russell is best known for pioneering formal logic and his influential work in analytic philosophy. His writings on ethics, politics, and the dangers of war—particularly his 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature acceptance speech—remain widely cited for their clarity and moral urgency.

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