We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise in denial - denial of God and her nonviolence towards us, denial of love of neighbor, denial of… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share Image
The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets. — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
The use of depleted uranium in the Gulf War has been particularly effective. Radiation levels in Iraq are appallingly high. Babies are born with… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
You have a responsibility to confront the war games - the American killing machine. — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
[ To break the law] would still be an imperative. I guess we do it for both reasons. You try to be a Christian,… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
The church is a major bureaucracy, and major bureaucracies are disobedient to the gospel. — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise in denial… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
We have military bases all over the world, and that's purely to protect our portfolio abroad.Our investments, and our production, our exploitation of cheap… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share
