Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 - October 20, 1910) on Animal Rights and Human Sympathy(published by RevoltSource) |
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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.)
Quote #12 on Ecological Struggle Quotes >> Animal Rights and Human Sympathy
“We are not ostriches, and cannot believe that if we refuse to look at what we do not wish to see, it will not exist. This is especially the case when what we do not wish to see is what we wish to eat.”
Source: "The First Step," by Leo Tolstoy, 1891, translated by Louise and Alymer Maud in 1909.
"The First Step," by Leo Tolstoy, 1891, translated by Louise and Alymer Maud in 1909.
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