Pacifists Quotes

“I hate the world and almost all the people in it. I hate the Labour Congress and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered, and the fathers who feel a smug pride when their sons are killed, and even the pacifists who keep saying human nature is essentially good, in spite of all the daily proofs to the contrary. I hate the planet and the human race—I am ashamed to belong to such a species.”
― Bertrand Russell, Autobiography

“Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.”
― William Faulkner, The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text

“It’s hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else died in suspicious circumstances. We refer of course to the likes of JFK, Martin Luther King, Benazir Bhutto, Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, to name but a few.”
― James Morcan, The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy

“Our fathers were both rude and bold,
And would not live like brothers;
But we are of a finer mould -
We’re much more like our mothers!”
― H.P. Lovecraft

“We are pacifists, but we have tanks on our sweaters. (The times we live in.)”
― Isabel Waidner, We Are Made Of Diamond Stuff

“I often hear it said that violence is not inevitable, and, therefore, that a warrior attitude and training are unnecessary. I once thought so too, but I grew up, and now the pacifists and I are simply moral strangers.”
― Brad Miner, Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“There is negotiated peace. There is no such thing as a negotiated war. War comes, like it or not, when one side declares it. No one that declares war on you is asking for your consent.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Peace is brokered at a table. War is imposed at will. When war comes, it is declared, not discussed.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Peace requires agreement. War requires only one side to decide. No one asks permission to attack.”
― A.E. Samaan

“Peace happens by consent. War happens by command.”
― A.E. Samaan