An invitation to renew Abdul Ghaffar Khan's life-long non-violent struggle against injustice.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
From "Grey Eminence"
"Bad men could never do the harm they actually accomplish, unless they were able to induce good men to become, first their dupes, and then their more or less willing, more or less conscious accomplices." --Aldous Huxley
Amitabh Pal, "A Pacifist Uncovered," http://www.progressive.org/mag_amitpalabdul
Leo Tolstoy, The Law of Love and the Law of Violence, University Press of the Pacific, 2001.
H. D. Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience," http://thoreau.eserver.org/default.html
Statement of Conscientious Objection to War in Any Form
I hereby affirm, and publish for all the world to witness, my moral opposition to the use of violence to settle disputes. Consequently, I refuse to participate in, or cooperate with, any group, organization, or agency of government that would require me to engage in any act of violence against a fellow human being. Furthermore, I hereby pledge and affirm, from this day forward, to organize my life and livelihood in such a way as to promote peacemaking as a practical ideal.
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