Dead Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Quakers are terrific.

— Ian Mckellen

“I have never forgotten these visitors, or ceased to marvel at them, at how they have gone on from strength to strength, continuing to…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“By far the easiest grounds for gaining conscientious objector status in wartime are religious. You can be a brilliant moral philosopher with a prize-winning…

— Richard Dawkins

“I will never cut it as a Quaker - I cannot find it in me to renounce all violence, not with two daughters under…

— Michael Perry

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.

— Mahatma Gandhi

That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle…

— William Penn

“the Galtons were Quakers and gunsmiths, which might seem an unlikely combination given that religion’s commitment to nonviolence. Francis was born to Samuel Galton…

— Adam Rutherford

“The sergeant frowned. “Really, sir? And who might they be? Is there a gang of militant atheists at work in the district, that I…

— Paul Bassett Davies

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods.

— Kathy Baker

“The outsiders, with their own objectives, provided rifles, ammunition, communications equipment, military vehicles and combat advice to young men who lacked the discipline and…

— Charles Glass

My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“My friends,” he began with good cheer, “how do you like this way of coming back into the Union?” He went on to explain…

— Stephen W. Sears