Pacifism has long intrigued me, but fails to convince. As a worker for world peace for the past two decades, I have many times been asked to sign a pacifist pledge and have declined on both practical ...

What does it mean to be a pacifist? Pacifism is, of course, a philosophy, an idea defined by Webster’s dictionary as being in opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. It may also ...

MUCH of the bitterness between pacifists and militarists would be allayed if each side would fairly consider the other’s point of view. Pacifists in general accord more respect to the motives of their ...

When the editors of The New Republic conceived the magazine, they never intended to devote so many of their pages to the affairs of Europe. But by the time they sat down to prepare their first issue, ...