Aims Quote by Adam Michnik

Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance".

— Dwight Macdonald

Being a pacifist to save your own life is normal, being a pacifist for the lives of others is true pacifism.

— Ammon Hennacy

The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism.

— Albert Einstein

“The main problem with pacifism is that it doesn’t work in all situations. The main problem with pacifists is that they’re convinced it does.”

— Burt Prelutsky

“Pacifism is a virtue indistinguishable from cowardice.”

— Brent Weeks

We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.

— Joan Baez

My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from…

— Albert Einstein

It seems to me that the only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war: mountains and seafaring are…

— Freya Stark

I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in Spain again,…

— Murray Bookchin

I am not a pacifist - I think that violence and self-defence are often morally justified.

— Martha Nussbaum

I'm not a pacifist. I think the suffering of innocent people can be a catalyst for moral action. But empathy puts too much weight…

— Paul Bloom

“Pacifism is a virtue indisguishable from cowardice.”

— Brent Weeks