Shane Claiborne Quotes

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

No man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.

I am prepared to die but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

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

In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.

If blood is to be shed, let it be our blood ... For man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hand of his brother, never by killing him.

When principles fail, men have only one way to save them and to preserve their faith, which is to die for them.

There are many things worth living for, there are a few things worth dying for, but there is nothing worth killing for

If you disapprove of violence, then you can't think there is any age when violence is appropriate.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

What is more immoral than war?

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

I think violence can never be justified.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

I don't believe in murder.

To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.

I'm a crack shot and I've won medals for shooting. But I don't think I could shoot a person.

We do not kill an Iraqi.

I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.

This country will never sacrifice humanity in order to carry out any policy.

We want to resolve this peacefully but if we can’t, there are some things worth fighting for.

We were taught to kill the enemy. They were evil. We were doing something good.