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“In the early days of our Federal Government, skeptics concerning its usefulness were found in high places.”

An American Peace Policy (1925)

“War is not high ideals. War is not noble objectives. War is not gallant heroism. War is not sacrificial devotion.”

Must We Go to War? (1937)

“Exceptions to the rule do not invalidate the general principle that restraint by capital punishment and warfare is grossly ineffective and highly perilous.”

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Individualism and Socialism (1933)

“Countless numbers of people have justified war on grounds of the end in view and the spirit of the combatants.”

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"What is War?" (1924)

“We gain illumination as to the immensity of Jesus' contribution in setting before us a vision of the new society, and indicating ways and means of bringing it to pass.”

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The Personality of Jesus (1932)

“We would enter the League not because we believe in a perfect instrument—on the contrary, its weakness and grave imperfections are fully recognized—but because the place for a powerful nation like the United States is on the inside, where it may aid in determining the character of its activities and the scope of its jurisdiction, rather than on the outside, indulging in harshest criticism.”

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An American Peace Policy (1925)

“This race of armaments made Europe an armed camp and laid the foundations for the most colossal slaughter in human history.”

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"What is War?" (1924)

“Mutual aid is the way to prevent the third world war. Mutual aid is also the way to stop the internal growth of Communism by providing our people with plenty, security and freedom.”

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

“My own conviction is that if the transfer cannot be made without civil war, it cannot be made at all, and that there is a reasonable probability that, if the government is supported by a considerable majority of citizens and if it is re-enforced by a powerful labor movement and cooperative movement, the change may be brought about without armed resistance from the owning class. The program that I have outlined is, of course, that of the Socialist Party of America, although not all Socialists will agree with everything that I have written.”

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Property (1935)

“We can take Jesus seriously and strive earnestly to follow him, or we can prepare to wage atomic war, but it is utterly impossible to do both at the same time.”

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

“Even after proper discount is made for false propaganda, the evidence is indisputable that every invading army perpetrates atrocity, so much so that war may correctly be defined as atrocity. Reference to various standard dictionaries reveals the following definition of atrocity: "A deed of violence or savagery; great cruelty or reckless wickedness; extreme cruelty; enormous wickedness."”

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Must We Go to War? (1937)

“If rugged individualists would throw away the right to fight for special privilege and would cooperate in a collective endeavor to secure plenty for everybody, they would have time, energy, and desire to explore higher pathways of living.”

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Property (1935)

“There is no inherent irreconcilability between love and coercion, but rather the reverse; under some circumstances love ceases to be love if it fails to use moral means of restraint.”

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Individualism and Socialism (1933)

“When we are reminded that modern men find it difficult to believe in the divinity of Jesus, we urge a search for realities that are far greater than words. If Jesus gives us our clearest vision of the nature of God; if he reveals the godlike qualities in man; if he secures penitence, restitution, joyous allegiance, and heroic sacrifice; if he leads to deliverance for individuals and groups—he becomes a symbol for all that is noblest in the universe, whatever may be the title by which he is characterized.”

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The Personality of Jesus (1932)

“When we are reminded of his apocalyptic concepts and are told that an interim ethic possesses little validity for distant centuries, we are able to make rejoinder that his experience of God, his valuation of man, his call to love, forgiveness, and sacrifice are universal and eternal.”

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The Personality of Jesus (1932)

“There may be occasions when "to do unto others as you would have them do unto you" requires coercion.”

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Individualism and Socialism (1933)

“A deep fog of obscurity is thrown about war by the use of misleading and confusing terms.”

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Must We Go to War? (1937)

“Faith in armed might paralyzes international action.”

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

“Religious groups should exert themselves in behalf of the unemployed and should be zealous in defense of civil liberties, but they merely weaken their efforts when they enter into combinations with communists.”

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Property (1935)

“The way of disarmament and of mutual aid and of international cooperation is a highly dangerous way. It is not safe. But it is safer, safer than the race of armaments and the third world war.”

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