ABSTRACT
Lord Russell was very serious critic of politics and political theory but he was also one of the sharpest satirists. Altogether Lord Russell had extensive experience with politics and with the effects of politics. The problems involved in international power politics in a scientific society are, without doubt, the most serious men have had to face. If politics is to become scientific, and if the event is not to be constantly surprising, it is imperative that our political thinking should penetrate more deeply into the springs of human action. Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth Lord Russell's activity ranged from membership in the House of Lords in prison for failing to agree with those in power on war policy. During World War I he wrote a pamphlet in protest against the sentencing of a conscientious objector; for this he was fined one hundred pounds.
