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There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

A. J. Muste (1885-1967) Dutch-American minister, labor and civil rights activist, pacifist [Reverend Abraham Johannes Muste]
“Debating Dissent,” New York Times (16 Nov 1967)
Sometimes attributed to Gandhi, or cited as a quote of Gandhi by Muste.

Added on 19-Apr-12 | Last updated 19-Apr-12
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Nonconformity, Holy Disobedience, becomes a virtue and indeed a necessary and indispensable measure of spiritual self-preservation, in a day when the impulse to conform, to acquiesce, to go along, is the instrument which is used to subject man to totalitarian rule and involve them in permanent war.

A. J. Muste (1885-1967) Dutch-American minister, labor and civil rights activist, pacifist [Reverend Abraham Johannes Muste]
“Of Holy Disobedience” (1952)

Added on 5-Dec-11 | Last updated 5-Dec-11
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If I can’t love Hitler, I can’t love at all.

A. J. Muste (1885-1967) Dutch-American minister, labor and civil rights activist, pacifist [Reverend Abraham Johannes Muste]
Statement, Quaker meeting (1940)
Recalled on his death, New York Times (12 Feb 1967)

Added on 13-Jan-12 | Last updated 13-Jan-12
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