"I'm not saying that state organization is good or bad and that you should or shouldn't do politics, I'm just saying that, before dealing with politics, everyone should deal with his life, with his soul, and that the wisest political measures in a state of 100 million inhabitants have less effect than the moral and religious direction of the life of one man out of these 100 million.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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I'm not saying that state organization is good or bad and that you should or shouldn't do politics, I'm just saying that, before dealing with politics, everyone should deal with his life, with his soul, and that the wisest political measures in a state of 100 million inhabitants have less effect than the moral and religious direction of the life of one man out of these 100 million.
""Nu spun ca orânduirea statală e buna sau rea și că trebuie sau nu trebuie să faci politică, spun doar că, înainte să se ocupe de politică, fiecare trebuie să se ocupe de viața lui, de sufletul lui, și ca cele mai înțelepte măsuri politice într-un stat cu 100 milioane de locuitori au mai puțin efect decât îndreptarea morală și religioasă a vieții unui singur om din aceste 100 milioane."