#pacifist

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. ↗

— John Keegan

#even #military #pacifist #should #virtues

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

#country #his #humanity #most #pacifist

I come from a family of pacifists, so it's not like I was going to join the war. Sweden is not like the States or England where you might get sent to Afghanistan next month. ↗

— Bill Skarsgard

#come #england #family #get #going

Convince and enemy, convince him that he's wrong, is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long. A simple act of faith, is reason over might, To blow up his children would only prove him right. ↗

— Gordon "Sting" Sumner

#diplomacy #logical-thinking #pacifist #faith

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

— Alice Walker

#die #make #men #pacifist #peaceful

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. ↗

— Joan Baez

#first #folk #folk singer #human #human being

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. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#believe #beyond #feel #gone #i

I am a pacifist. ↗

— Fred Schneider

#i #i am #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. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#could #house #i #i do #living

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting. ↗

— William Faulkner

#men #pacifism #pacifists #war #men