pacificism

"The cause of harmony among nations is not a call for pacificism," he told the veterans at the cemetery.

Yes, peace and trust were necessary, but in good time, when the Gringg had proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, their pacificism.

Atlanticism is alien to continentalism but not necessarily to pacificism.

Lee preached pacificism, equality of the sexes and strict celibacy.

He commented that this "confirmed (his) natural pacificism".

She was soon caught up in a swirl of movements -feminism, birth control, pacificism, anarchism.

It became associated with pacificism.

In 1816 he became a founding member of the Peace Society, a political development from his long-standing Quaker pacificism.

White was a controversial figure - a staunch Tory and opponent of socialism and pacificism.

Sects that have emphasized pacificism as a central tenet of faith have resulted from the latter thought.

In this way we may succeed in making the problem of pacificism an acute one, a real struggle which attracts forceful natures.

Rustin had helped to spread pacificism and non-violence to leaders of the civil rights movement, like Martin Luther King.

They are largely made up of diamond merchants and other entrepreneurs from India, and they follow a religion that mandates extreme pacificism.

The police said he told them that he has written books about pacificism and that he has four brothers living in the United States.

His thorough presentation of the case for rearmament in 1935, the son argues, defeated pacificism and secured a victory that allowed rearmament to move ahead.

Meanwhile the undamaged North knew not whether to regard the Government's sudden pacificism as a piece of cowardice or as a superbly courageous gesture.

("Einstein would become a supporter of world federalism, internationalism, pacificism, and democratic socialism, with a strong devotion to individual liberty and freedom of expression.")

In Italy, society was divided over the war: Italian socialists generally opposed the war and supported pacificism, while nationalists militantly supported the war.

The Pacifist Problem Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very glad of this opportunity of saying a few words to you about the problem of pacificism.

Although a Quaker in good standing, Gause's Quaker pacificism did not prevent him from joining the Delaware militia in 1814 during the War of 1812.

His philosophy of Islamic pacificism was recognised by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a speech to American Muslims.

Wovoka believed that through pacificism, the Lakota Sioux and the rest of the Native Americans would be delivered from white oppression in the form of earthquakes.

"I thought I understood German pacificism," said Francois Heisbourg, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

This church had no specific doctrine of pacificism but had been formed in reaction to the Methodists' support for the Civil War and now opposed all forms of violence.