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I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in Spain again,…

— Murray Bookchin

I would have fought in WW2, so I wasn't a pacifist in the broader sense. I prefer to be a pacifist, but I think…

— Joe R. Lansdale

“The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects or are simply humanitarians who object to taking life and prefer not to follow…

— George Orwell

I'm not a pacifist. I do believe that, unfortunately, war is necessary.

— Mike Hoffman

“Pacifism is a psychological curiosity rather than a political movement. Some of the extremer pacifists, starting out with a complete renunciation of violence, have…

— George Orwell

“Moreover [pacifists] do not as a rule condemn violence as such, but only violence used in defence of western countries”

— George Orwell

I do have an intense respect for pacifists, because I believe that ultimately, if we are to have a truly humanistic as well as…

— Murray Bookchin

I'm not a pacifist at all; I think there is a notion of "just war" that can be persuasively argued. I think in the…

— Cornel West

Now, myself, I'm not a pacifist at all. I believe in just war. I would have joined the spirit of the nation to fight…

— Cornel West

I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but I'm also fully aware that the reasons I might go to war could be very dubious.

— Sherman Alexie

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this…

— Benjamin Spock

In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount of freedom…

— George Orwell