In 1955, in response to the escalation of armaments during the Cold War, the American Friends Service Committee issued the pamphlet Speak Truth to Power , challenging Americans to attempt to solve global problems through nonviolence rather than violence. Drawing upon examples of successful nonviolent resistance by Quakers and others, the pamphlet became known as a key statement of Christian pacifism.
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