pacifism quotes

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

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

Those who ‚abjure‘ violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or ‚our‘ country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.