Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (September 9, 1828-November 20, 1910) was a Russian author, playwright and writer. He wrote in War and Peace, 1865- 69, book XIV, chapter 18:
<For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth.> 1828LT001
Leo Tolstoi wrote:
<Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars.> 1828LT002
In describing President Abraham Lincoln after his death, Count Leo Tolstoi, declared him:
<A Christ in miniature.> 1828LT003
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Endnotes:
1828LT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi, 1865-1869, in War and Peace, book XIV, chapter 18. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 602.
1828LT002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi. Perry Tanksley, To Love is to Give (Jackson, Mississippi: Allgood Books, Box 1329; Parthenon Press, 201 8th Ave., South, Nashville, Tennessee, 1972), p. 27.
1828LT003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi, in eulogizing the President Abraham Lincoln. William J. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, The Christian (NY: The Abington Press, 1913), p. 187. Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart 'N Home, Inc., 1991), 4.16.