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"War is not high ideals. War is not noble objectives. War is not gallant heroism. War is not sacrificial devotion."
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Kirby Page"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."
Kirby Page (1890–1957) was an American Disciples of Christ minister, an author, and a peace activist.
"War is not high ideals. War is not noble objectives. War is not gallant heroism. War is not sacrificial devotion."
"The war method includes falsehood as an integral part. Truth is indeed a casualty of war."
"To the degree that a man possesses a vivid ideal of the good life, submerges himself in the sea of human misery and endeavors to alleviate suffering, kindles imagination in hours of silence and by visions of beauty, and follows the noblest personality into the presence of a loving, suffering Father—to the extent that he lives meaningfully, he will be convinced of sin and cry aloud for deliverance."
"The religion of Jesus begins and ends in the home. All life is a domestic affair. The universal family embraces every race and tongue. Mans primary purpose is to establish the Family of God... The way to create Gods home is to live every day as a good member of the family. Only those ends are worthy which are consonant with the family spirit and only those methods are justifiable which are appropriate in the home."
"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."
"The were communists and ascetics."