Pope John Paul II

February 4, 2020 | Essays: On Nonviolence

“This is the message of the Jubilee, this is my hope at the beginning of a new Millennium. War is a defeat for humanity.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay

February 4, 2020 | Essays: On Nonviolence

“Conscientious Objector. I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor…”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

February 4, 2020 | Essays: On Nonviolence

“When we say “Thou shalt not kill,” we’re really saying that human life is too sacred to be taken on the battlefields of the world.”

Rabbi isidor Hoffman

February 4, 2020 | Essays: On Nonviolence

“Conscientious objection to war and military service is in accord with the highest ideals of Judaism.”

Dorothy Day

February 4, 2020 | Essays: On Nonviolence

“We are not talking of passive resistance. Love and prayer are not passive, but a most active glowing force.”