A statement of the New Zealand Quaker Yearly Meeting:

Wars will stop only when each of us is convinced that war is never the way.

The places to begin acquiring the skill and maturity and generosity to avoid or to resolve conflicts are in our own homes, our personal relationships, our schools, our workplaces, and wherever decisions are made.

We must relinquish the desire to own other people, to have power over them, and to force our views on them. We must own up to our own negative side and not look for scapegoats to blame, punish, or exclude. We must resist the urge towards waste and the accumulation of possessions.

Conflicts are inevitable and must not be repressed or ignored but worked through painfully and carefully. We must develop the skills of being sensitive to oppression and grievances, sharing power in decision-making, creating consensus, and making reparation.

In speaking out, we acknowledge that we ourselves are as limited and erring as anyone else. When put to the test, we each may fall short. ... What we advocate is not uniquely Quaker but human and, we believe, the will of God. Our stand does not belong to Friends alone--it is yours by birthright. ... Together, let us reject the clamor of fear and listen to the whisperings of hope. New Zealand Quaker Yearly Meeting British Faith and Practice (20.10)