He was an advocate of social anarchism and an avowed pacifist. Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis was also instrumental in establishing the pacifist trend within the anarchist movement. The original play was neither feminist nor unreservedly pacifist. An important thinker who contributed to pacifist ideology was Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. He said he wasn't a Marxist but a pacifist. She authored it soon after she evolved into a pacifist and an anti-war activist. The Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels was a journalist with pacifist leanings. At this time, she was a Marxist, pacifist, and trade unionist. Finkelstein's mother was an ardent pacifist. The movement reflected both strict pacifist and more moderate non-interventionist positions. Clara was a women's rights activist and according to some accounts, a pacifist. They also renounced wealth, lived communally, and were pacifist vegetarians. Yet he was also very religious and a pacifist by nature. Laval remained true to his pacifist convictions during the war. He nevertheless described himself as a "man of peace" rather than a pacifist.