Pacifism
Pacifism is opposition to war. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from a preference to use non-military means for resolving disputes through to absolute opposition to the use of violence, or even force, in any circumstance.
Quotes
- What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Mahatma Gandhi.
- In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful - Leo Tolstoy.
- Being a pacifist between wars is as easy as being a vegetarian between meals - Ammon Hennacy.
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Pragmatic pacifism |
| ► | Principled or radical pacifism |
| ► | Pacifism and international aggressions |
| ► | Pacifism and religion |
| ► | Criticisms/paradoxes of Pacifism |
| ► | Quotes |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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