“When you get right down to it, militaries are essentially legalized mafias.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
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
Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Wild Goose exemplifies how the Evangelical Left translates 'social justice' into Big Government and pacifism. — Mark Tooley Copy Share Image
“Having been to war myself, I do not understand why so many people are so in love with it.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
Being a pacifist to save your own life is normal, being a pacifist for the lives of others is true pacifism. — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist… — Michael Lind 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
There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a… — Dwight L. Moody 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
I have a great admiration for pacifism, but I'm not a pacifist, mainly because I would defend myself if I were attacked. — Murray Bookchin 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
One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Creeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of… — George Orwell 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
“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
“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 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 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
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
Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But… — Bono Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what exhausted me emotionally until that moment, and I realized that the experience of being a soldier, with unlimited… — Utah Phillips 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
“The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“That war [Bosnian war] in the early 1990s changed a lot for me. I never thought I would see, in Europe, a… — Christopher Hitchens 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
“A more subtle misconception is that of a hypostasis of evil as indestructible reality, a kind of primal scene, a sort of… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“Pacifism is a psychological curiosity rather than a political movement. Some of the extremer pacifists, starting out with a complete renunciation of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I think about something I once heard on the radio. About Abraham and Isaac." "I was afraid you'd say something like that."… — A.J. Kazinski Copy Share Image
“Glass & peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Secret 869119. When searching for a terrorist cell, try to remember the last place you used it. — John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
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