Top 138 Pacifist Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I am not a pacifist - I think that violence and self-defence are often morally justified.
He who cherishes the value of cultures cannot fail to be a pacifist.
I am a pacifist.
[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.
Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.
Being a pacifist to save your own life is normal, being a pacifist for the lives of others is true pacifism.
What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.
I'm really a pacifist.
The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
I am not a pacifist and I would back a lawful, coherent and compelling case for the use of military force by the U.K. against Isis.
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
I'm a pacifist by nature.
My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.
Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist.
A.J. [Muste] was a - as he likes to say, a radical pacifist.
It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers.
The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.
[The conversation with John McCain] is not about being a pacifist or- suggesting that you can never have a military solution to things. It's just that, it appears that this is not the smart way to fight this threat.
As a Quaker, I aspire to be a pacifist.
There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.
I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.
I'm basically a pacifist.
I think these discussions with my father even gave the label of pacifist, particularly with my father, and he mentions this when he turns himself in to prison at La Catedral when he dedicates his action to his 14-year-old pacifist son.
Jesus was a pacifist.
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 there are exceptions and times to defend yourself or your country, but that war wasn't one of them.
I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.
Nobody who's ever been to Gulag is a pacifist.
I'm not a pacifist. I do believe that, unfortunately, war is necessary.
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.
What I really learned in the army was how to be a pacifist.
I'm sort of a hippie pacifist in terms of general persona.
Guns make me very nervous. They're dangerous. I'm more of a pacifist than anyone could imagine.
The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war.
A pacifist has a lot of difficulty reconciling pacifism with scripture.
A pacifist between wars is like a vegetarian between meals.
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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.
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.
Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior.
I grew up in a very urban, bohemian family where everyone was a hippie or a pacifist. It was artistically and intellectually stimulating, but they were definitely not into outdoor sports or activities.
Bye-bye, Elan. P.S., Next time you implicate someone falsely, try to pick a pacifist.
I knew A.J. Muste very well. I tried for a while to be like he was, and that is a total pacifist. But then Margot [my wife] hit me hard in the stomach one day to prove to me that I wasn't as perfect a pacifist as I thought I was.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
I'm a pacifist.
I shall die as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.
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 against apartheid.
Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a man of peace. He was a radical pacifist, and so he was against war across the board.
I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in 'good' wars.
Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.
I have a great admiration for pacifism, but I'm not a pacifist, mainly because I would defend myself if I were attacked.
In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.
The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. 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 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'm not that brave.
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 am not a pacifist in terms of turning the other cheek.
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
