I am closer to the pacifist side, in that I think that the British response to German aggression, which was to try… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
“The main problem with pacifism is that it doesn’t work in all situations. The main problem with pacifists is that they’re convinced… — Burt Prelutsky Copy Share Image
Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any… — Ludwig Quidde Copy Share Image
I'm not a pacifist, but I'm not a violent person. I mean, I have a gun. I shoot guns, but I wouldn't… — David Rasche 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
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
“The Christian Pacifist says: To hate those who love us is the devil’s way; To love those who love us and hate… — Waters Copy Share Image
I like pacifists and people who have a heavy emotional identification with deathism and war would probably call me a pacifist, but… — Robert Anton Wilson 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
Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth… — Muriel Lester 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
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
“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
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
I would have fought in WW2, so I wasn't a pacifist in the broader sense. I prefer to be a pacifist, but… — Joe R. Lansdale 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
Gert: Wake me when the fight scene's over. Kitty Pryde: Oy, tell me about it. Hey, I'm Kitty. You the token pacifist… — Brian K. Vaughan 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
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
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 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
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
I was never a member of the peace movement or a pacifist, nor was I ever carried away from a demonstration outside… — Guido Westerwelle 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
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
Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's… — Arlo Guthrie 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
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
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
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
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 have always hated war and am by nature and philosophy a pacifist, but it is the English who are forcing war… — Constance Markievicz Copy Share Image
I am not a pacifist, however I do believe that the U.S. tends to resort to force too quickly. I am not… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was… — Subramanian Swamy 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 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
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
“There is no evidence that Jesus himself openly advocated violent actions. But he was certainly no pacifist. “Do not think that I… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
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