Pacifism Quote by George Orwell

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

— Martha Nussbaum

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

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

— A. J. Muste

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

— Joan Baez

Pacifism in the face of war is not only irresponsible - it is immoral. Refusing to meet force with force in the name of…

— David Limbaugh

If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without…

— Errico Malatesta

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

I like pacifists and people who have a heavy emotional identification with deathism and war would probably call me a pacifist, but I am…

— Robert Anton Wilson

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

— Gloria Steinem

“Pacifism is a virtue indistinguishable from cowardice.”

— Brent Weeks

Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting.

— Fredrik Bajer