Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false. (Bertrand Russell)

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

Bertrand Russell

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