I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.
Leo TolstoyI think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
Leo TolstoyPatriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.
Leo Tolstoy