Rashed Nabolsi

“went to Russia a Communist; but contact with those who have no doubts has intensified a thousandfold my own doubts, not as to Communism in itself, but as to the wisdom of holding a creed so firmly that for its sake men are willing to inflict widespread misery.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

“The content of every thought must be given, in the last analysis, in terms of the experiences that warrant it, and no belief can be established as true except by reference to the sensory ‘impressions’ that provide its guarantee. (This is the general assumption of empiricism.)”
― Roger Scruton, Kant: A Very Short Introduction

“If Russia were governed democratically, according to the will of the majority, the inhabitants of Moscow and Petrograd would die of starvation. As it is, Moscow and Petrograd just manage to live, by having the whole civil and military power of the State devoted to their needs.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

“Kant enjoyed the company of women (provided that they did not pretend to understand the Critique of Pure Reason)”
― Roger Scruton, Kant: A Very Short Introduction