Benjamin

“Call it peace or call it treason, call it love or call it reason, but I ain't marching anymore.”
― Phil Ochs

“You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.”
― Mr. Spock

“But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts—for there is no agreement between the divine sacrament and the human sacrament, the standard of Christ and the standard of the devil, the camp of light and the camp of darkness. One soul cannot serve two masters—God and Caesar…But how will a Christian engage in war—indeed, how will a Christian even engage in military service during peacetime—without the sword, which the Lord has taken away? For although soldiers had approached John to receive instructions and a centurion believed, this does not change the fact that afterward, the Lord, by disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.”

“Under no circumstances should a true Christian draw the sword.”
― Tertullian

“Trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made
And they're afraid that I'm afraid”
― Phil Ochs, The War is Over