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"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
"Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be considered "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons within city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or other misdemeanor."
"War is the business of barbarians."
"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another."
"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings."
"Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac."
"Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense."
"I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace."
"Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it."
"He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees."
"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
"If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another."
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public."
"I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is needed, and violence will not really change anything: at most it will only transfer power from one set of bull-headed authorities to another."
"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."
"One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others."
"The Bible has a very meaningful expression: The Spirit makes all things new. We are those who grow old, and we want everything done to our aged standards. The Spirit is never old; the Spirit is always young."
"As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with them and prevent any possible war, but under no circumstances should we harbour any unrealistic notions about them."
"Revolutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable in class society, and without them it is impossible to accomplish any leap in social development and to overthrow the reactionary ruling classes and therefore impossible for the people to win political power."
"Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."
