131 Quotes About Pacifism

If it's naive to want peace instead of war, better make sure they call me naive. Because I want peace instead of war. If they tell me they want war instead of peace I don't see they're naive, I see they're stupid; stupid to an incredible degree to send young people out to kill other young people they don't even know, who never did anybody any harm...I am naive?! That's insane

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

There are lots of idealists around who will say, 'Have we got so low that nothing is more precious than life? Surely there are ideals worth fighting for - even dying for. If not, we are worse than the beasts of the field - and have sunk into barbarity.'Then you say, 'That's all right. Let's be barbarous - just as long as we don't have war.

— Bet es nespēju nevienu nonāvēt, — Jonatans bilda, — to taču tu zini, Orvar!— Pat tad ne, ja ar to būtu jāglābj sava dzīvība? — Orvars vaicāja. — Nē, arī tad ne, — Jonatans atteica.Orvars to nespēja saprast, arī Matīss gandrīz vai ne.— Ja visi būtu tādi kā tu, ļaunums valdītu mūžam! — Orvars sacīja. Bet es teicu:— Ja visi būtu tādi kā tu, ļaunuma vispār nebūtu.

War is to some people the solution to peace.

Goodness is giving up power and acting upon the world negatively. The good are unimaginable.

If there were no war,We could construct a bridge between Earth and MarsMelting weapons in an open-hearth furnace.

Marko: No matter what mistakes you've see your daddy make, violence---magical or otherwise---is never acceptable.Petrichor: Nonsense, Marko. Violence is often essential: in self-defense, the arts foreplay...Hazel: I want to four-play!