Leo Tolstoy Quotes
'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai.
Tolstoy, Leo. Recollections and Essays. Translated by Aylmer Maude, Oxford University Press, 1937, p. 121.
In the aftermath of the murder of Martin Luther King, riots broke out in Washington DC. Most of the rioting was in the Black neighborhoods and the rioters were looting the retail stores. Hoover instructed the mayor to authorize the use of deadly force to “restore law and order.” The mayor, generally not known for political courage and standing up to authority refused. He would only authorize deadly force to prevent serious injury or death to people. Washington not only refused Hoover, but at that point walked out on him. The riots subsided shortly thereafter.
This was when Roosevelt of his party were harassed by the indigenous tribes; Roosevelt responded by leaving gifts for them. The attacks stopped.
This statement was made in the aftermath of 9-11. However, three years earlier, at a Hamas meeting, the Cleric did not seem to be concerned about the lives of the innocent. See {617372}.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 9 September, 1828 – 20 November, 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. That he never won is a major controversy.
