lover, not a fighter

[londonlove]

I'd really like to know where the saying 'A lover, not a fighter', comes from. I think it is only used for men and not women but I don't know the origin, whether it comes from a film or a play. Any help would be much appreciated...

[Quizmonster]

I'd guess it's just an off-shoot of the slogan used by American hippies and anti-Vietnam War protesters in the 1960s, "Make love not war", rather than an original 'saying' in its own right.

[londonlove]

thanks very much Quizmonster...I just wondered about the expression as I always find it quite amusing!

[Naomicorlett]

http://kinks.it.rit.edu/discography/showsong.p hp?song=167 I thought it souned familiar but I thiught it was Simon and Garfunkel not The Kinks. funny old thing the memory innit.

[johnny.5]

its used in the song
The girl is mine by mcartny and jackson