There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.
Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.
They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.