Dora Russell Quotes

April 3, 1894 – May 31, 1986

Dora Russell, Countess Russell (3 April 1894 – 31 May 1986), born Dora Black, was a British feminist, social activist and writer. She was the second wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Strictly speaking, no person who believes that wars between classes and nations are inevitable is fit to be in charge of the destiny of children. To believe in the unity of the human race and get children to believe it in early youth would mean the creation of that unity and the end of war.

Ch. V, p. 205

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We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Nor should we represent motherhood as something so common and easy that everyone can go through it without harm or suffering and rear her children competently and well.

Dora Russell
— Hypatia (1925), Ch. 4

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Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

Dora Russell
— The Religion of the Machine Age (1983)

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We have never yet had a Labour Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

Dora Russell
— As quoted in The Observer (30 January 1983)

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Art that means anything in the life of a community must bear some relation to current interpretations of the mystery of the universe. Our rigid separation of the humanities and the sciences has temporarily left our art stranded or stammering and incoherent. Both art and science ought to be blended in our early education of our children's emotions and powers of observation, and that harmony carried forward in later education.

Dora Russell
— Ch. V, p. 235

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Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence. We have not yet found the right road to conquering ourselves and our environment.

Dora Russell
— p. 241 (The Right to Be Happy (1927))

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Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying.

Dora Russell
— In The Religion of the Machine Age (1983)

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April 3, 1894 – May 31, 1986

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