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Film

" I don't care what the reasons are: I forbid you to fight."
Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird

"Helene and Andre believed in the sacredness of life. They wouldn't harm anything... not even a fly."
Francois Delambre, The Fly (1958)

Literature

Jonatan: You know I can't kill another man.
Orvar: Oh Jonatan, if everyone thought like you, Evil would have prevailed a long time ago.
Skorpan: If everyone thought like Jonatan there wouldn't be no evil.

"The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men. And women."
Aram describing the Way of the Leaf, The Wheel of Time

Live-Action Television

"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a nay-sayer and hatchet man in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another, because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. I love you, Sheriff Truman."
Albert Rosenfeld, Twin Peaks

Music

"Well you can beat on your chest
Hell any monkey can"
— "Real Man", Bruce Springsteen

Webcomics

"You know, I took a vow of non-violence, not a whenever-it's-convenient of non-violence."
Derek, Rusty and Co.

Western Animation

Swindle: I heard you were a pacifist, but I don't believe there's a Transformer who won't fight for his life!
First Aid: I don't believe in fighting. I'm a medic, not a warrior.
Swindle: Then you'll die for your beliefs!
The Transformers, "The Ultimate Weapon"

Real Life

"All bloody Principles & Practices we do utterly deny, with all outward Wars, and Strife, and Fightings with outward Weapons, for any end, or under any pretence whatsoever."
— Quaker Declaration of 1660

"There are many causes I would die for but none that I would kill for."

"To our most bitter opponents we say: 'We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you.'"


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