I personally am not a total pacifist. I do believe there is such a thing as a just war. I believe, for… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image
“Convince and enemy, convince him that he's wrong, is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long. A simple act of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I prefer 'buccaneers',' he grinned. 'A small privately funded army of committed peacekeepers. Tough, but fair. Our motto is: We put the… — Cash Peters Copy Share Image
“As a citizen of the world, I stand only with Truth and my conscience is my only leader. This is the only… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
I think these discussions with my father even gave the label of pacifist, particularly with my father, and he mentions this when… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
“Bože moj... Prošao sam kroz Vukovar mnogo puta...(...) Kad sam dolazio sa zapadne strane, iz Italije, sa mora, iz Zagreba ili Ljubljane,… — Đorđe Balašević Copy Share Image
I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
“A veritable pacifist when it comes to social guilds or luncheon clubs, I turn into something of a militant on the subject… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
I began to feel that my greatest sense of success would raise the level of masses of people, rather than the individual… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
In the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as in so many later conflicts, British women seem to have been no more… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Someone once told me a joke," he said. "I'd like to be a pacifist, but people keep getting in the way.' I… — Edeet Ravel Copy Share Image
Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys.… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
I could never have been a pacifist. To kill a man was surely to grant him an immeasurable benefit. Oh yes, people… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is no evidence that Jesus himself openly advocated violent actions. But he was certainly no pacifist. “Do not think that I… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in… — Ludwig Quidde Copy Share Image
The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war. — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
I'm not a pacifist at all; I think there is a notion of "just war" that can be persuasively argued. I think… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
[A.J. Muste] never engaged in violence but he believed, as [Mahatma] Gandhi did - and he knew Gandhi slightly - he believed… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A film that I love is 'Deliverance' from back in the day. You start out with these archetypal characters - the hero,… — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
I knew A.J. Muste very well. I tried for a while to be like he was, and that is a total pacifist.… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
Naturally the common people don't want war. . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy,… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I am not a pacifist, however I do believe that the U.S. tends to resort to force too quickly. I am not… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was… — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
I have always hated war and am by nature and philosophy a pacifist, but it is the English who are forcing war… — Constance Markievicz Copy Share Image
“Well, I guess I'll become a thief, then," said Pica unhappily. "though I don't think I'll be much good. I'm a pacifist,… — Keith Miller Copy Share Image
![“I said, "OK, Ammon [Hennacy], I will try that." He said, "You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of weapons, weapons of privilege, economic privilege, sexual privilege, racial privilege. You want to be a pacifist, you're not just going to have to give up guns, knives, clubs…” quote by Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/daf/utah-phillips-15584_angry_i-said-ok-ammon-hennacy-i-will-try-that_1112006.jpg)
![“[A.J. Muste] never engaged in violence but he believed, as [Mahatma] Gandhi did - and he knew Gandhi slightly - he believed that a pacifist had to be active in the community.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/de1/nat-hentoff-1615_active_a-j-muste-never-engaged-in-violence-but_2609644.jpg)
![“I knew A.J. Muste very well. I tried for a while to be like he was, and that is a total pacifist. But then Margot [my wife] hit me hard in the stomach one day to prove to me that I wasn't as perfect a pacifist as I thought I was.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0f7/nat-hentoff-1615_hard_i-knew-a-j-muste-very-well-i-tried-for-a_782398.png)
