Einstein on Militarism, Patriotism, War

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!

from "The World As I See It," 1933

My pacifism is an instinctive feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.