Bertrand Russell stated that he would never die for his beliefs because they might be wrong

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Wikiquote records this as a sourced quotation of Bertrand Russell. Its sourcing note: Part III: Man and Himself, Ch. 20: The Happy Man, p. 201

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Wikiquote: Bertrand Russell. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell

Part III: Man and Himself, Ch. 20: The Happy Man, p. 201

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