Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 - October 20, 1910) on Religious Powers and Authority

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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 #11 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Powers and Authority

“And when men have been so befooled that they believe that God hangs in the corner, or sits in a morsel of pap which the priest gives out in a spoon; that to kiss a board or some relic and put candles in front of them, is useful for life here and hereafter-they are next called on to enter the military service, where they are humbugged to any extent; being first made to swear on the Gospel (in which swearing is prohibited) that they will do just what is forbidden in those Gospels, and then taught that to kill people at the word of those in command is not a sin, but that to refuse to obey those in command is a sin.”

Source: "Letter to a Non-Commissioned Officer," by Leo Tolstoy, 1898.

"Letter to a Non-Commissioned Officer," by Leo Tolstoy, 1898.

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