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Nonviolence is far more effective politically than violence, an argument for pacifism

Quaker Quicks – Why I Am A Pacifist
Tim Gee Christian
Alternative Books, £6.99

 

FORMED soon after the English Civil War, the Quakers — AKA the Religious Society of Friends — are perhaps best known for their commitment to working for peace.

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