“For instance, there is a wild hypothesis now hardening in the minds of many which has nothing to do with any philosophical case for pacifism, let alone peace. It is the notion that not fighting, as such, would prevent somebody else from fighting, or from taking all he wanted without fighting. It assumes that every pacifist is some strange sort of blend of a lion-tamer and a mesmerist, who would hold up invading armies with his glittering eye, like the Ancient Mariner.”
Book:Selected essays