Quote by George Orwell

“Pacifism is a virtue indistinguishable from cowardice.”

— Brent Weeks

“Pacifism is a virtue indisguishable from cowardice.”

— Brent Weeks

“The main problem with pacifism is that it doesn’t work in all situations. The main problem with pacifists is that they’re convinced it does.”

— Burt Prelutsky

“All in all it is difficult not to feel that pacifism, as it appears among a section of the intelligentsia, is secretly inspired by…

— George Orwell

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

— Ammon Hennacy

“We cannot afford the luxury known as conscience. The enemy we are up against certainly doesn't have one, so we are obliged to be…

— John Brunner

“I find it significant that most military veterans become pacifists.”

— Michel Templet

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

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

“But Calvinists have never been pacifists: they have always been all too ready for a fight.”

— Helen Hooven Santmyer

“Someone once told me a joke," he said. "I'd like to be a pacifist, but people keep getting in the way.' I made a…

— Edeet Ravel

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

— Joan Baez