Culture Quote by Cesar Chavez

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.

— William Faulkner

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

— Ammon Hennacy

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

— Joan Baez

A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Pacifism is a wonderful conviction in theory, but only in theory. Real life has a way of eventually rubbing even the most altruistic nose…

— Anthony Beal

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

— Martha Nussbaum

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

Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of…

— Adam Michnik

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

— A. J. Muste

I am not an absolute pacifist, because I can't rule out the possibility that under some, carefully defined circumstances, some degree of violence may…

— Howard Zinn

I think these discussions with my father even gave the label of pacifist, particularly with my father, and he mentions this when he turns…

— Juan Pablo Escobar

Placing a halo around your own head by saying 'I am a pacifist' and 'I don't believe in using violent tactics' doesn't make the…

— Gary Yourofsky