John Lennon Quotes

What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

John Lennon The Beatles

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• What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Person
  • Pacifist