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“I find it impossible to reconcile the intentional slaughter of any human being with the religious principle of reverence for personality, that is, respect for the personality of the dead man.”

Individualism and Socialism (1933)
Context: Forcible coercion is not necessarily a violation of the law of love, but I find it impossible to reconcile the intentional slaughter of any human being with the religious principle of reverence for personality, that is, respect for the personality of the dead man. Nor does active goodwill or the principle of mutuality justify the willful taking of a human life.

“Enemies are at work day and night in the material realm. Chief among these are ignorance, carelessness, and greed. Operating independently or together, they have wrought enormous destruction.”

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 75

“Religious people must be brought to a vivid realization of their awful guilt in sanctioning and supporting an economic system that is the direct antithesis of their religious ideals.”

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

“War is atrocity; war is a method of savage violence.”

Must We Go to War? (1937)

“The physical basis for international cooperation is being more firmly established each decade. Space is being bridged and time eliminated by modern inventions.”

An American Peace Policy (1925)

“If we insist upon being a law unto ourselves, we make it easier for other nations to do likewise.”

An American Peace Policy (1925)

“Surely, with so much at stake for the entire human race, the only place for the United States is in the vanguard of the movement to substitute international law for international violence, international agencies of justice for international anarchy.”

An American Peace Policy (1925)

“If we trust organized and aggressive goodwill we will transform the present war-producing system into a peace system which removes the causes of war and maintains the agencies of pacific settlement of international dispute.”

Now is the Time to Prevent a Third World War (1950)

“The earliest authority was the word of the strongest warrior, the head of the family or the tribe, the medicine man or the witch doctor.”

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 28

“If reverence for personality, the principle of mutuality, active goodwill, and love toward God and man constitute the essence of high religion, then in many situations, in an imperfect world, compulsion becomes a religious obligation.”

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

“Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.”

"What is War?" (1924)

“If we are to oppose evildoers, especially if we are to make use of non-violent methods of restraining wrongdoers, we must not only refrain from animosity, but we must reveal our devotion to mankind by exhibiting a willingness to endure suffering, rather than submit to the exploitation of our fellows or to retaliate with weapons of violence.”

The Personality of Jesus (1932)

“You cannot always tell what a man is by looking at him. What he appears to be and what he really is may be radically different. The appearance of a man today does not always reveal what he will be tomorrow.”

Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 31

“The police take action against the criminal himself; not against his family and friends. War does not deal merely with the guilty men but destroys multitudes of innocent people; indeed, it does far more damage to the innocent than to the guilty.”

"What is War?" (1924)

“There is a far higher degree of probability of success through non-warlike means than through the Communist strategy of civil war.”

Property (1935)

“Self-centeredness is death. Centeredness in God and in his people brings life.”

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

“Communists have nothing but contempt for religion and for pacifism. They use the united front as a means of boring from within.”

Property (1935)

“Shall we use the weapons of violence and bloodshed or is there a more effective weapon available?”

Foreword p. 9
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)

“Courageous and sacrificial men may use wrong methods or pursue unworthy ends.”

"What is War?" (1924)

“The Bible is a progressive revelation of God, and war must be judged by the higher revelation of Jesus and the New Testament, rather than by the former conception of David and the Old Testament.”

Source: The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921), Ch.4 p. 62