It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns. — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
... I have become a conscientious objector in the war between the sexes. — Edna Buchanan Copy Share Image
At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector. — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall Copy Share Image
The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn't want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn't… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
I wouldn't choose conscientious objector and I wouldn't go to Canada. I did what Hap did and almost went to prison. I… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a fan of wars or militarism to note that heroic action - whether being prepared to be… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
They asked if I knew what 'conscientious objector' meant. I told them that when the white man asked me to go off… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
“By far the easiest grounds for gaining conscientious objector status in wartime are religious. You can be a brilliant moral philosopher with… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“For most of my life, I would have automatically said that I would opt for conscientious objector status, and in general, I… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
