Auberon Herbert Quotes

In order for non-violence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

What is more immoral than war?

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

I think violence can never be justified.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to go around killing people. I don't think anyone should grow up wanting to be a secret agent.

The Moral Equivalent of War

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

… morality ends where the gun begins.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.

To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will in the kingdom.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?

Nothing can justify war.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

I don't support violence, period.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

Morality is contraband in war.

I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

Terror can never be defeated by force alone.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.