A. J. Muste

Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant…

— A. J. Muste

Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the…

— A. J. Muste

The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the…

— A. J. Muste

In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

— A. J. Muste

Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.

— A. J. Muste

If I can't love Hitler, I can't love at all.

— A. J. Muste

Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.

— A. J. Muste

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many.

— A. J. Muste

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of…

— A. J. Muste

Those who can bring themselves to renounce wealth, position and power accruing from a social system based on violence and putting a…

— A. J. Muste

The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will…

— A. J. Muste

War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

— A. J. Muste

There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are…

— A. J. Muste