Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 - October 20, 1910) on War and Patriotism

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(1828 - 1910)

Russian Writer, Novelisst, Vegetarian, Pacifist, Christian Theorist, Libertarian, Ally of Anarchists, and Regarded as one of the Greatest Authors of all Time

: A Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909; the fact that he never won is a major controversy. (From: Wikipedia.org.)


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Quote #9 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and Patriotism

“All the peoples of the so-called Christian world have been reduced by patriotism to such a state of brutality, that not only those who are obliged to kill or be killed desire slaughter and rejoice in murder, but all the people of Europe and America, living peaceably in their homes exposed to no danger, are, at each war thanks to easy means of communication and to the press -- in the position of the spectators in a Roman circus, and, like them, delight in the slaughter, and raise the bloodthirsty cry, 'Pollice verso.' ["Thumbs down."]”

Source: "Patriotism and Government," by Leo Tolstoy, May 10, o.s., 1900. Part 4.

"Patriotism and Government," by Leo Tolstoy, May 10, o.s., 1900.

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