Pacifist Quotes

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I have always hated war and am by nature and philosophy a pacifist, but it is the English who are forcing war on us, and the first principle of war is to kill the enemy.

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 war we went in there to steal Vietnam.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

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

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.

The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war.

India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was never a substitute for not doing anything, or for cowardice.

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

Nobody who's ever been to Gulag is a pacifist.

Bye-bye, Elan. P.S., Next time you implicate someone falsely, try to pick a pacifist.

It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers.

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

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.

The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally.

I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture.

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.

I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

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

I'm really a pacifist.

A pacifist between wars is like a vegetarian between meals.

My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.

I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in 'good' wars.

I am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.

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 hoist the Jolly Roger.

... peace is a militant thing ... any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war. No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace.

In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist.

I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.

Guns make me very nervous. They're dangerous. I'm more of a pacifist than anyone could imagine.

I'm not a pacifist, but I'm not a violent person. I mean, I have a gun. I shoot guns, but I wouldn't say I love guns. It doesn't work that way for me.

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.

Indeed; peace literature is almost exclusively read, though to good effect, by pacifists, while what is needed is the canvassing of those who have not so far been won to the cause.

[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.

I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.

I shall die as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.

What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

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

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 on the scale in favor of war. Empathy can really lead to violence.

[A.J. Muste] never engaged in violence but he believed, as [Mahatma] Gandhi did - and he knew Gandhi slightly - he believed that a pacifist had to be active in the community.

A.J. [Muste] was a - as he likes to say, a radical pacifist.