Tilvitnanir dagsins eru bara tvær og báðar eru þær frá rússneska rihöfundinum, anarkistanum, friðarsinnanum og trúspekingnum Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).

"Even if the abscence of Government really meant Anarchy in the negative, disorderly sense of the word - which is far from being the case - even then no anarchical disorder could be worse than the position which Governments have already led their peoples, and to which they are leading them."

"The truth is that the state is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens ... I understand moral laws, and the laws of morality and religion, which are not binding, but which lead people forward and promise a harmonious future; and I sense the laws of art which always bring happiness; but the laws of politics are such terrible lies for me that I can't see in them a better or a worse ... as from today I will certainly never go and see such a thing again, and I will never serve any government anywhere."
-Úr bréfi sem Tolstoy skrifaði vini sínum sem ungur maður er hann var staddur í París árið 1857 og varð vitni að opinberri aftöku. Atvikið markar upphaf lífslangrar göngu Tolstoys um breiða ganga anarkismans.