\u201cI would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons for the cause of a war.\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — From Die Friedensbewegung, ed., Kurt Lenz and Walter Fabian (1922)<\/p>\n
\u201cHe who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist.\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — Quoted in Die Friedensbewegung, ed. Kurt Lenz and Walter Fabian (1922) 17.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not only a pacifist, but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace\u2026\u00a0 Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — From an interview 1931. Reprinted in Einstein on Peace, 125<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must\u2026 dedicate our lives to drying up the source of war: ammunition factories.\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — Published in Pictoral Review, February 1933. Quoted in R.W. Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is\u2026 the criterion of true pacifism.\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — To A. Morrisett, March 21,1952. AEA 60\u2013595<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack.\u201d
\n\u2014Albert Einstein — Quoted in interview with A. Aram, January 3, 1953. AEA 59\u2013109<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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