Pacifism As Pathology Quotes

“The desire for a nonviolent and cooperative world is the healthiest of all psychological manifestations. This is the overarching principle of liberation and revolution. Undoubtedly, it seems the highest order of contradiction that, in order to achieve nonviolence, we must first break with it in overcoming its root causes. Therein lies our only hope.”
― Ward Churchill, Pacifism As Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America

“The Jews who participated in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, including those who went on what they thought were suicide missions, had a higher rate of survival than those who went along. Never forget that.
The only way out of a double bind is to smash it. Never forget that either.
--Derrick Jensen”
― Ward Churchill, Pacifism As Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America