Believe Quote by Oscar Arias

A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has fought terrorists…

— Philip Gourevitch

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

— Mike Hoffman

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

We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.

— Ludwig Quidde

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

— George Orwell

“Should an individual or a government use force at all, even in retaliation? Clearly yes; complete pacifism is self-defeating.”

— John Hospers

I am constantly challenged by pessimists who insist that military solutions are the only way to go. This was true in the 1980s, and…

— Oscar Arias

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

— Fredrik Bajer

In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected the world…

— Adolf Hitler

I'm not a pacifist. I think the suffering of innocent people can be a catalyst for moral action. But empathy puts too much weight…

— Paul Bloom

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

A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is…

— Mahatma Gandhi