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pacifist

pa si fist

  • n  someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  • s  opposed to war

  • ARMY NAVY For more than a month, churchmen and pacifist organizations have been rat-tat-tatting the White House with protests against the forthcoming naval maneuvers.
  • By 1929, big, serene Paul Jones, Socialist and pacifist still, no longer seemed dangerous to the Episcopal Church.
  • Chirac: France is not a pacifist country.
News & Articles

  • Atheist's Citizenship Stalled by Beliefs
    An atheist Englishwoman who has been living in Houston as a permanent U.S. resident for more than 30 years might never reach citizenship because of her pacifist beliefs and lack of religion.        
    June 21, 2013 - ABC News
Quotes

  • Pete Stark in International Herald Tribune
    My guess is that she's far more pacifist than the majority of our caucus, but I think she also understands that she's got to pass legislation,said Democratic Rep. Pete Stark.
  • Tadatoshi Akiba in Forbes
    The Japanese government should comply with the nation's pacifist Constitution as it is and clearly say no to wrong and outdated policies of the United States,Akiba said.
  • Jason Kenney in Reuters Canada
    I hope that the entire world gets the message that attacking a 72-year-old pacifist Buddhist monk, who advocates nothing more than cultural autonomy for his people, is counterproductive,junior cabinet minister Jason Kenney, who attended the...

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