To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument of violence, is a rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling, and, above all, is immoral.


Pamphlets. Translated from the Russian (ed. 1900)

Leo Tolstoy Quotes

To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports...

To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports...

To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports...

To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports...