Anti war Quote by A. J. Muste

“The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?”

A. J. Muste

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The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.

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In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

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Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.

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If I can't love Hitler, I can't love at all.

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Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.

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In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many.

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We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain…

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War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

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