Pacifism Quotes

52 quotes by 43 authors

Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing. — Harry J. Anslinger
A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless. — Mahatma Gandhi
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless. — Henry A. Kissinger
My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred. — Albert Einstein
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
In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected the world to… — Adolf Hitler
Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice. — Adolf Hitler
If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding… — Errico Malatesta
Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not… — Fredrik Bajer
Pacifism, the preaching of peace in the abstract, is one of the means of duping the working class. — Vladimir Lenin
Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. — John Keegan
My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would… — Ludwig Quidde
Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament… — Ludwig Quidde
It's funny how most activists are pacifists. — Craig Reucassel
A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture. — Mark Driscoll
A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think… — Christian Lous Lange
Pacifism in the face of war is not only irresponsible - it is immoral. Refusing to meet force with force in the name of peace… — David Limbaugh
As a result of the Left's sympathetic views of pacifism and because almost no welfare state can afford a strong military, European countries rely on… — Dennis Prager
Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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