pacifist
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This view is strong in the pacifist wing of the SPD, junior partner in Merz’s ruling coalition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
That is the choice the country now faces: whether to hold on to a pacifist identity shaped by the past, or adapt to a more volatile future.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“Christianity isn’t a pacifist religion,” says the Rev. Gerald Murray, a Catholic priest and commentator on EWTN.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Sending its Self-Defense Forces abroad is politically sensitive in officially pacifist Japan, as many voters support the US-imposed, war-renouncing 1947 constitution.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
He talked of the pacifist views he’d held before World War II. He talked of his love of world travel and the environment and college football.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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