“Our religious tradition is irenic, favoring peace and moderation even with formidable and unreasonable enemies. …Part of the human tragedy is that, while we yearn for peace, we make war.” – Rabbi Douglas Krantz of Congregation B’nai Yisrael – and an Executive Board Member of the Jewish Peace Fellowship – testifies at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.

“The goal of war, both for the just war advocate and the pacifist, is peace. One enters war, ultimately, for the peace of the land.” – Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, testifying at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.

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“In Islam, the use of violence and warfare are strictly proscribed and limited to actions absolutely necessary for the defense of human life and the protection of justice in all situations.” – Sister Nurah-Rosalie P. Jeter Amat’ullah, Executive Director of the Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development, testifies at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.

“I am not a pacifist, in spite of being a Quaker…I am a conscientious objector to war. America is a place where many conscientious objectors came seeking religious freedom.” – J.E. McNeil, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience & War, testifying at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.

“Human beings are not killers by nature. They have to be created…Moral injuries are an inevitable consequence of a sophisticated manipulation and distortion of the recruits’ moral foundations and their moral identities and the profound moral confusion and distress they experience as the horror, the insanity, and the moral gravity of their actions in combat become apparent.” – Dr. Camillo “Mac” Bica – Professor of Philosophy, School of Visual Arts (NYC), former Marine Corps Officer and Vietnam Veteran – testifying at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.

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“We are as capable of perpetrating evil as those who oppose us…There are hundreds of thousands of families whom we have plunged into the long perpetual night of grief and pain. I ask that we begin to see pain we endure is pain they endure and that our true brothers and sisters are those who carry this burden.” – Chris Hedges – former war correspondent for the New York Times and author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning – testifying at the Truth Commission on Conscience in War on March 21, 2010.