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
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 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
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
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
I had to experience how someone beside me suddenly falls over and is dead and the bullet has hit him squarely. I… — Otto Dix 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 do have an intense respect for pacifists, because I believe that ultimately, if we are to have a truly humanistic as… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
You came into the world armed to the teeth. With an arsenal of weapons, weapons of privilege, economic privilege, sexual privilege, racial… — Utah Phillips 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
There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native… — Sherman Alexie 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
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
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
It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
German people are essentially pacifists. Many still remember the experience of World War II. And they may not have seen Saddam Hussein… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Pacifism means letting the non-pacifists have control ... Pacifism will remain an ideal, war a fact. If the white races are resolved… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This… — Martin Sheen 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
The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Placing a halo around your own head by saying 'I am a pacifist' and 'I don't believe in using violent tactics' doesn't… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Sadly and criminally, many self-indulgent inactive pacifists have shunned me for being an outspoken supporter of X's 'by any means necessary' philosophy,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war: mountains and… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I've never done an album like this. With Biophilia, I was being like Kofi Annan - I had to be the pacifist… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
I've become more forgiving, even though I have no patience at all for denial, justification of wrong, rationalization. I've become virtually a… — Joshua Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy. When Obama wanted to bomb… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“Fred Rogers richly deserves a place in the pantheon of pacifists who tried to shake the foundations of society and culture. To… — Michael G. Long Copy Share Image
When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy,… — Hermann Goring 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. 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/quotes/img-quotes/0f7/nat-hentoff-1615_hard_i-knew-a-j-muste-very-well-i-tried-for-a_782398.jpg)
![“There's this whole notion of being an Indian - the idea that "warrior" is a positive description of us [Indians as native Americans]. When an Indian guy does well, he's a warrior, even now. He could be a computer salesman, but if he does well, he's a warrior. I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but…” quote by Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/621/sherman-alexie-444_computer_there-s-this-whole-notion-of-being-an-in_1831106.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/daf/utah-phillips-15584_angry_i-said-ok-ammon-hennacy-i-will-try-that_1112006.jpg)
![“Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.” quote by Alfred Nobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b8/alfred-nobel-17134_army_perhaps-my-dynamite-plants-will-put-an-e_1266313.jpg)
![“I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in Spain again, or, for that matter, in America, and tried to take away whatever dwindling civil liberties and human rights we retain, I would resist them with a club if I had to…” quote by Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f46/murray-bookchin-2587_admiration_i-will-not-call-myself-a-pacifist-for-th_1047865.jpg)
