"The emancipation of the people, the constitution, the various freedoms, the greatness of the state, patriotism, the best social order, they are all just a cover under which envy, love of power, ambition, pride, greed, despair are hidden. The consequences of these good intentions are the fight against everyone, hatred instead of love and a growing decay of morals.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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The emancipation of the people, the constitution, the various freedoms, the greatness of the state, patriotism, the best social order, they are all just a cover under which envy, love of power, ambition, pride, greed, despair are hidden. The consequences of these good intentions are the fight against everyone, hatred instead of love and a growing decay of morals.
""Eliberarea poporului, constituția, feluritele libertăți, măreția statului, patriotismul, cea mai buna rânduială socială, toate sunt numai poleieli sub care se ascund invidia, iubirea de putere, ambiția, orgoliul, trândăvia, disperarea. Urmările acestor intenții bune sunt lupta impotriva tuturor, ura în locul iubirii și o decădere tot mai mare a moravurilor."