Quaker
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Quakers have traditionally been committed to pacifism.
Pennsylvania was settled by a group of Quakers fleeing religious persecution.
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A lapsed Quaker and former foundry owner from Rhode Island with little previous military experience, Greene had become Washington’s most trusted lieutenant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
He took his oath with his hand on a book of poems by the city’s namesake, Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, that belonged to the council’s sole remaining white person, Republican Cathy Warner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Another refreshing commentary on pacifistic views comes from a Quaker, Scott Simon, a National Public Radio talk show host and, at least earlier in life, a pacifist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
For months, activists have been demanding more support from city leadership, explained Elias Siegelman, an activist who works with No ICE Philly, which meets in the quintessentially Pennsylvanian location of a Quaker meeting house.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
The Quaker petitioners were now asking the Congress to break that compact and thereby violate the understanding on which the states of the Deep South had entered the union.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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