Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 - October 20, 1910) on Masters and The Masses(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 #13 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Masters and The Masses
“So it is not the Alexanders and Humberts, nor the Wilhelms, Nicholases, and Chamberlains -- though they decree these oppressions of the nations and these wars -- who are really the most guilty of these sins, but it is rather those who place and support them in the position of arbiters over the lives of their fellow-men. And, therefore, the thing to do is not to kill Alexanders, Nicholases, Wilhelms, and Humberts, but to cease to support the arrangement of society of which they are a result. And what supports the present order of society is the selfishness and stupefaction of the people, who sell their freedom and honor for insignificant material advantages.”
Source: "'Thou Shalt Not Kill'," by Leo Tolstoy, August 8, o.s., 1900.
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