My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a “war hero”, because there is nothing about war that is heroic.” — Michelle Templet Copy Share Image
I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“I think it's good to smile at everybody so that everyone knows you love everyone. It's good for human pacifism.” — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“Pacifism is a tenable position, provided that you are prepared to live with the consequences.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work. — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
“I find it significant that most military veterans become pacifists.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
I know there are some Christians who believe that war and their participation in it are morally wrong. While I respect their… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Pacifism is a wonderful conviction in theory, but only in theory. Real life has a way of eventually rubbing even the most… — Anthony Beal Copy Share Image
I am not a terrorist, but neither am I a pacifist. I am simply a regular guy from the Palestinian street advocating… — Marwan Barghouti Copy Share Image
Pacifism in the face of war is not only irresponsible - it is immoral. Refusing to meet force with force in the… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Moreover [pacifists] do not as a rule condemn violence as such, but only violence used in defence of western countries” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accept the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay-and claims… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The conflict between pacifism and socialism ultimately reflects a greater quandary of how one engages with such a system. — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
The tragedy is not that nonviolence did not work against the Nazis, but that it was so seldom utilized... The churches as… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
“If the question is ‘How do we stop enormous evils in the world?’ the answer is, unfortunately, quite frequently ‘War.’ Nazi and… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“The friends of Galtieri, Saddam Hussein, Mullah Omar and Milosevic make unconvincing defenders of humanitarian values, and it can be seen that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was that women would tend to be pacifists.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The speaker calls for a careful examination of Christ's principle of turning the other cheek before we use it as a demand… — John Thackway Copy Share Image
“Udžbenik "Geografija za nepismene" izlazi dnevno, kao novine, Narod mora biti u toku šta mu je od jutros Domovina, a šta više… — Đorđe Balašević Copy Share Image
“Magistrate: What do you propose to do then, pray? Lysistrata: You ask me that! Why, we propose to administer the treasury ourselves… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“There was something else amusing about the house: the irony that the most important battle of the American Revolution--the shoot-out at the… — Josh Barkan Copy Share Image
“There was a time in my life when I did a fair bit of work for the tempestuous Lucretia Stewart, then editor… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In answer to 'But violence hasn't solved anything!' The hell it hasn't. The application of violence - of killing and a willingness… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
“Fugitive Peace (Sonnet 2219) In the opera of war, peace is fugitive - thinking soldiers are no good to state, either you… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“On 11 September 2001, a bunch of Saudis killed almost 3000 US civilians, which led to the construction of a monument in… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“We have to accept that any action we take might promote an equal and opposite reaction that we do not want. We… — John Hunter Copy Share Image
“[Nicholson] Baker can't seem to get enough of the wisdom of Gandhi and cites at length an open letter he wrote to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I absolutely hate the way the United States glorifies its military and its wars. Real heroes fight for peace.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
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