"The speaker calls for a careful examination of Christ's principle of turning the other cheek before we use it as a demand or excuse for total personal pacifism. After all, when literally struck on the..."
- John Thackway
"Jesus was a pacifist."
- Chris Hedges
"Nothing doth worse become a man (I will not say a Christian man) than war."
- Erasmus
"Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocate..."
- Gautama Buddha
"Glass & peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows."
- David Mitchell
"We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us."
"A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life’s roadsid..."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
"If you want peace, prepare for ideological war with those who want others to prepare for physical war."
- Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
"Taking into consideration all your lovelinesswhy can't you burn your bootsoles and yourdraft card? How can you sit there saying yesto war? You'll be a pauper when you die, soreboy. Dead, while I still..."
- Anne Sexton
"She wanted to tell him so much, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof is their armies. If they ask you to stand still, you should dance. If they ask you t..."
- Colum McCann