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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy

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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

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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. – Leo Tolstoy

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Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it. – Lord Byron

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There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. – Albert Camus

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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood. – Buffalo Bill

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A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer. – Jesse Jackson

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Character is higher than intellect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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