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1890–1957 United States

Kirby Page (1890 – 1957) was an author, minister and peace activist who argued in favor of democratic socialism as integral to the Social Gospel.

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The truth must be driven home that it is sinful to prepare to annihilate millions of God's children in other lands.

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

The bareness and cruelty and misery of this generation now cry aloud for God-saturated and Jesus-challenged deliverers.

The Personality of Jesus (1932)

Courageous and sacrificial men may use wrong methods or pursue unworthy ends.

What is War? (1924)

There is a far higher degree of probability of success through non-warlike means than through the Communist strategy of civil war.

Property (1935)

Mussolini and Hitler and Stalin all take it for granted that the faithful will if necessary lay down life itself in the holy cause.

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

The race of armaments is nothing less than a race to mutual suicide.

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

If the principle is accepted that killing in defense of property and life is valid and mandatory, armed preparedness for war follows automatically.

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

The Essenes were communists and ascetics.

Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)

The consolidation of financial and industrial power in the hands of a small section of the people leads inevitably to more and more intense congestion of money.

Property (1935)

No more thrilling challenge confronts the people of this generation than that inherent in the crusade to abolish war and to create adequate international organization.

An American Peace Policy (1925)

Society always issues an ultimatum to the innovator; conform to this world or expect the reward of a heretic or a traitor. Every generation metes out substantially the same punishment to those who fall far below and those who rise high above its standards.

Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)

Self-centeredness is death. Centeredness in God and in his people brings life.

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

The victims of greed and exploitation will never get justice solely by relying upon the vision and generosity of those who hold power and seek their own gain.

The Personality of Jesus (1932)

Every person is a child of God and a brother of man. Therefore personality is the supreme value, and should be regarded as an end and not merely as a means to an end.

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

One of the most significant results of the industrial struggle during the past fifty years has been the creation of a condition of a vast inequality of wealth and income.

Mutual aid is the way to prevent the third world war. Mutual aid is also the way to stop the internal growth of Communism by providing our people with plenty, security and freedom.

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

Not even when the political freedom of a nation is at stake should the Christian militant make use of an unchristian weapon. The following of Jesus Christ is infinitely more important than the maintenance of political liberty at the expense of his principles.

The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)

There may be occasions when "to do unto others as you would have them do unto you" requires coercion.

Individualism and Socialism (1933)

A deep fog of obscurity is thrown about war by the use of misleading and confusing terms.

Must We Go to War? (1937)

It is no longer possible to place a halo around war and speak of it in idealistic terms.

What Does God Want Us to Do About Russia? (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kirby Page (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.