Minutes of Conscience
The minutes of conscience listed here are broadly about peace and its global and domestic administration. Where there is a violation of peace, there is often a violation or human rights. See, too, our Minutes of Conscience on Democracy and Human Rights.
- Statement on Gaza, Friends Meeting at Cambridge (MA), 2025
- Middle East Violence, Intermountain Yearly Meeting, 2025
- Minute on Bombing in Iran, Western Yearly Meeting, 2025
- Statement on Middle East Violence, Santa Fe Monthly Meeting of Friends (NM), 2025
- Statement on the Middle East Conflict, Burlington Friends Meeting (VT), 2025
- Concern for the Humanitarian Crisis and Suffering in Gaza and Palestine, Northern Yearly Meeting, 2025
- Minute on US Weapons and Ongoing Devastation in Palestine, West Hills Friends Meeting (OR), 2025
- Statement on Seeking a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine, Friends Meeting of Washington (DC), 2024
- Minute on Ukraine, Cannon Valley Friends Meeting (MN), 2024
- Minute Concerning War in the Middle East, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 2024
- Abolition of the Death Penalty, Akron Friends Meeting (OH), 2023
- Minute on the Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Friends Meeting of Washington (DC), 2023
- Minute on Gaza War, Red Cedar Friends Meeting (MI), 2023
- Minute on Ceasefire in the Middle East, Cannon Valley Friends Meeting (MN), 2023
- A Minute of Concern for the People of Palestine and Israel, 15th Street Friends Meeting (NY) , 2023
- Minute on the War in Ukraine, Friends Meeting of Washington (DC), 2022
- Minute on Gun Violence, Northern Yearly Meeting, 2022
- Minute on Nuclear Weapons, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2021
- Banning Nuclear Weapons – Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, 2018
- Divest From Israel’s Occupation – Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, 2017
- Minute Supporting the Nuclear Weapons Ban, Multnomah Friends Meeting (OR), 2017
- Against Arms Sales in Canada, Canadian Friends Service Committee, 2016
- Gaza and Israel, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2014
- Statement on Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2013
- Declaration on Peace and Violence, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2011
- On the 10th Anniversary of September 11th, New York Yearly Meeting, 2011
- Countering Defense Spending, Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, 2010
- Minute Against Torture, New York Yearly Meeting, 2008
- Abolition of the Death Penalty, Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, 2007
- Refraining from War With Iran, New York Yearly Meeting, 2007
- Minute on Conscientious Objection, New York Yearly Meeting, 2006
- Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2002
- Peace Testimony Statement, North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), 1994
- Terrorism and War, George Fox, 1660
Peace Resources
- Quaker House
- American Friends Service Committee
- Quaker United Nations Office
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Alternatives to Violence Project
Last updated on December 19, 2025.