The burden of a male conscientious objector's decision to stand up for his beliefs and refuse to go to war did not fall solely on his shoulders. Wives, children, siblings and parents of conscientio...
Objecting to conscription First World War When conscription was introduced in 1916 the views of conscientious objectors -people who refused military service on political, religious or philosophical grounds - became a highly divisive public issue. Only Quakers...
There are always supporters and opponents of a country fighting a war. Over 2500 conscientious objectors lost their civil rights in New Zealand for refusing to serve in the First World War.
Every step of the way he held strongly to his pacifist beliefs and made them known to all he met through his words and his refusal to take any part in the actions of the military.
"..war can do nothing but harm to every nation that engages in it. But in peacetime a nation must so live and act toward other nations as not to provoke war...I am fighting for a warless world where peoples can live together in peace and friendship"
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