The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Slavery Quotes

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

If you want to be happy, be.

If you want to be happy, be.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

Whatever happens to be in style.

Whatever happens to be in style.

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

The question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological...

The question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.