Pacifism Quotes

52 Pacifism quotes by 43 unique authors

Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast. — George Carlin
For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times… — Jimmy Carter
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer. — Theodore Roosevelt
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. — Alice Walker
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals. — Alfred North Whitehead
Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the… — George Orwell
Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not. — Thomas Jefferson
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any… — Albert Einstein
The Bible is clear here: I am to love my neighbor as myself, in the manner needed, in a practical way, in the midst of… — Francis Schaeffer
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for. — Albert Camus
There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this… — Dwight L. Moody
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. — George Orwell
Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting. — William Faulkner
Love does not imply pacifism. — Derrick Jensen
Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the… — Bono
We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror.… — Albert Einstein
Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work. — Kathe Kollwitz
Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity… — Adam Michnik
The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves… — Leon Bourgeois
Pacifism only works for the protected. — Rock Cowles
Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. — Colman McCarthy
Pacifism is a wonderful conviction in theory, but only in theory. Real life has a way of eventually rubbing even the most altruistic nose in… — Anthony Beal
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the — Theodore Roosevelt
Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was that women would tend to be pacifists. During the war… — Bertrand Russell

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