Some quotes I recently came across from Tolstoy on patriotism. Since I used to think of my self as a patriot, these quotes kind of rattled my boat a bit, but it seems it actually really needed rattling. Ha!! Tolstoy called himself a Christian Anarchist. I wonder if he ever studied the superior model of our Bill of Rights. Anyway, for consideration, Tolstoy opinions…
“Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers
their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish
enthrallment to those in power.” Continue reading “Tolstoy”