"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 wa...












The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind.

More Leo Tolstoy quotes
"Instead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jewish, Greek, or Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing the progress o...
"In the legal respect, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries, the other half of Moscow burned down.
"Man lives consciously for himself but unconsciously he serves as an instrument for the accomplishment of historical and social ends.
"There are two sides to the life of every man: there is his individual existence which is free in proportion as his interests are abstract; and his ele...
"What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the wil...
"This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer.