 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
WYATT: What is your definition of fanaticism, Lord Russell?
LORD RUSSELL: I should be inclined to say that a man is a fanatic if he thinks some one matter so overwhelmingly important that it outweighs anything else at all. To take an example, I suppose all decent people dislike cruelty to dogs, but if you thought that cruelty to dogs was so atrocious that no other cruelty should be objected to in comparison, then you would be a fanatic.
Source: Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind, 1960, interview 11