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Pacificism

noun
1.
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.  Synonyms: pacifism, passivism.
2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.  Synonym: pacifism.





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"Pacificism" Quotes from Famous Books



... corrected in text: | | | | Page 28: Caesar replaced with Caesar | | Page 38: Pacificism replaced with Pacifism | | Page 77: "tribute to the Canadians troops that had | | served him in South Africa." replaced with | | "tribute to the Canadian troops that had | | served him in South Africa." | | Page 79: gacious replaced with gracious | | ...
— The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders • J. A. Currie
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... deal of talk of fraternity at the time of the Revolution, and there is even more to-day. Pacificism, humanitarianism, and solidarity have become catchwords of the advanced parties, but we know how profound are the hatreds concealed beneath these terms, and what dangers overhang our modern society. Fear.—Fear plays almost as large a part in revolutions as hatred. During the French ...
— The Psychology of Revolution • Gustave le Bon
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... professional advocates of "preparedness," our cheerful chemists, our scientific "intellectuals"—all our materialistic thinkers hard- shell and soft-shell,—took the position of Flaubert, just presented; reproached us bitterly for our slack, sentimental pacificism; and urged us with all speed to emulate the scientific spirit of our enemy. There is nothing more instructive in this correspondence than to observe how this last fond illusion falls away from Flaubert ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert
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... high-sounding name. An unhealthy sentimentality—the antithesis of morality—has gone hand in hand with a peculiarly sordid and repulsive materialism. The result was a soil in which various noxious weeds flourished rankly; and of these the most noxious was professional pacificism. The professional pacificist has at times festered in the diseased tissue of almost every civilisation; but it is only within the last three-quarters of a century that he has been a serious menace to the peace of justice and righteousness. In consequence, decent citizens ...
— Towards The Goal • Mrs. Humphry Ward
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... the second Italian army was confronted by Austrian regiments composed largely of war-weary Socialists. During that summer skilful German propagandists operating from Spain had sown the seeds of pacificism throughout Italy. This was made easy by the distress then existing particularly in the villages where food was scanty and complaints against the conduct of the war were numerous. The propaganda extended from the civilian population to the army, and its channel was ...
— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish
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