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Quotes from Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence — Leo Tolstoy

1828–1910 Russia

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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.

Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence (1886)

I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.

Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence (1886)

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