Take a man like Tolstoi, who gained enormous influence, not merely in Russia, but throughout the world among people who think themselves liberal-humanitarians, pacifists, philosophic anarchists.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
It may not be noble or altruistic or anything of that kind, but it's the way things get done in this world, and be hanged to Schmerveloff and the humanitarians.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
Most poets still write in defense of burning at the stake of great humanitarians, but they advocate other measures than burning by real fire.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell