In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. – Leo Tolstoy
The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy
No one could give her such soothing and sensible consolation as this little three-month-old creature when he lay at her breast and she felt the movement of his lips and the snuffling of his tiny nose. – Leo Tolstoy
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began. – Leo Tolstoy
Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that were not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes. – Patricia Ireland