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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/we-christians-forget-if-we-ever-learned-that-attempts-to-redress-real/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

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## More by Philip Berrigan

> [The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/the-poor-tell-us-who-we-are-the-prophets-tell-us-who-we-could-be-so/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/nuclear-weapons-are-the-scourge-of-the-earth-to-mine-for-them/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/herein-lies-a-riddle-how-can-a-people-so-gifted-by-god-become-so/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [The use of depleted uranium in the Gulf War has been particularly effective. Radiation levels in Iraq are appallingly high. Babies are born with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/the-use-of-depleted-uranium-in-the-gulf-war-has-been-particularly/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [You have a responsibility to confront the war games - the American killing machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/you-have-a-responsibility-to-confront-the-war-games-the-american/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [ \[ To break the law\] would still be an imperative. I guess we do it for both reasons. You try to be a Christian,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/to-break-the-law-would-still-be-an-imperative-i-guess-we-do-it-for/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/lying-and-war-are-always-associated-listen-closely-when-you-hear-a/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [The church is a major bureaucracy, and major bureaucracies are disobedient to the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/the-church-is-a-major-bureaucracy-and-major-bureaucracies-are/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/the-pentagon-is-admissibly-the-most-powerful-institution-in-history/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise in denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/we-christians-forget-if-we-ever-learned-that-attempts-to-redress-real/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [The only way you can get at the state is by dealing with its laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/the-only-way-you-can-get-at-the-state-is-by-dealing-with-its-laws/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [War can't end terrorism. War is terrorism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/war-can-t-end-terrorism-war-is-terrorism/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/if-you-dissent-without-breaking-the-law-then-you-are-legitimizing-the/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/we-have-military-bases-all-over-the-world-and-that-s-purely-to/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

> [If voting made any difference, it would be illegal,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-berrigan/if-voting-made-any-difference-it-would-be-illegal/)

[Philip Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-berrigan/)

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