 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Poverty, since the industrial revolution, is only due to collective stupidity. Sensitiveness would make people wish to abolish it, intelligence would show them the way, and courage would lead them to adopt it. (A timid person would rather remain miserable than do anything unusual.)
Source: Bertrand Russell: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, chap. 2 The Aims of Education
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There are a significant number of poor countries in the developing world, despite being rich in natural resources. In many of these countries and regions, much land and natural resources are bought cheaply and economically exploited by foreign capital. If, as Russell says, both developing and developed countries have ‘sensitivity’, ‘intelligence’ and ‘courage’, then the number of impoverished countries and regions will disappear.
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