Friday, December 21, 2012

Recess

People do many bad things for selfish reasons: they do worse things for their families.

But they do the worst in the name of patriotism, and they are made proud by these crimes:

  • spying, 
  • unduly heavy tax collecting, 
  • sacrificing lives, and 
  • waging wars. 

(Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar Of Wisdom, 9 December) 21 December 2012

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