“War and violence, it has been said, are as old as mankind. The vision of peace is perhaps as old as civilization. Since the most ancient times, as techniques of mass killing have mounted from the sling and the spear to the cannon, Gatling gun and the supersonic missiles outfitted to kill whole cities, there have been voices counseling an alternative way. These are the voices of the pacifist conscience––seldom heeded, yet perennially posing a choice for each generation. Historically, it was usually in turbulent times that men’s thoughts turned most to peace, and such a time is the present.
“The terms in which the choice is set before us today are by no means simple and easy. The use of violence in the resolution of differences has implications which were never more frightening. Total destruction is now a practical possibility. We have two objects: we must find adequate ways of making peace and we must learn to achieve social goals without resorting to violence.”
~The Pacifist Conscience by Peter Mayer
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