Sunday, September 22, 2013

Rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling


"By supporting government and fostering war, he (Tolstoy) declared patriotism to be a 'rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling, and above all, immoral' since it influences man to see himself the 'son of his fatherland and the slave of his Government, and commit actions contrary to his reason and his conscience'."

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