Pacifism quotes

“The French haven't the nature for war. Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces than fight.”
Mac Andrews - Gen. Webb

“- School Principal: As I was saying to Zooey, study after study has shown that aggression is exacerbated by violent images in popular culture.
- Ethan Renner: Well, Zooey's mother raised her to be a pacifist.
- School Principal: Hmm. Hitting a classmate in the face is hardly a passive response.”
Patty Hannock - School Principal
Kevin Costner - Ethan Renner

“I'm just an old hippie. You know, peace and love.”
Sherman Hemsley

“Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school... you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, immersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my...” (continue)(continue reading)

Dylan McDermott - Sgt. Adam Frantz

“Look at our current situation with that camel fucker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind.”
John Goodman - Walter Sobchak

“- Archie Howard: Little Hector Passmore over here passed out as soon as he saw a little blood in the water.
- Hector Passmore: I didn't pass out. I just felt a little woozy is all. I'm a pacifist man. I don't dig the sight of spilled blood.”
Robin Nielsen - Archie Howard
Chris Gauthier - Hector Passmore

“I have no respect for pacifism. It's a morally bankrupt belief. Pacifists believe that they have the right not to kill, but others always die in defence of that right.”
Roy Scheider - Don Falcone

I've always been kind of a pacifist. When I was a kid, my father told me, "Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it". I don't know what kind of soldier I'm gonna make, but I want you guys to know that if we ever get into really heavy combat... I'll be right behind you guys. Every step of the way.

Harold Ramis - Russell

“- Maj. Duncan Heyward: I thought all our colonial scouts were in the militia. The militia is fighting the French in the north.
- Hawkeye: I ain't your scout. And we sure ain't no damn militia.”
Steven Waddington - Maj. Duncan Heyward
Daniel Day-Lewis - Hawkeye