Quote#Freedom
Now it can become clear to man that freedom and peace of the nations…
Quote byGustav Landauer · 1870–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter from Landauer to Martin Buber 1914, quoted in Martin Buber's Life and Work, vol. I by M. Friedman 1981, pp. 251-252.
English (original)
Now it can become clear to man that freedom and peace of the nations can only come when as Jesus and his followers, and in our time above all Tolstoi advised, they choose to fully abstain from any violence.
— Gustav Landauer
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