Just War Quotes
15 quotes by 13 authors
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An unjust peace is better than a just war.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter…
— Alexander Cockburn
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If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.
— Muhammad Ali
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There are many different ways of categorizing news. It doesn't have to be just war and famine and serious politics.
— Piers Morgan
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If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.
— Thomas Paine
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The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people…
— George Pataki
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Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.
— A J P Taylor
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Perhaps the greatest contribution that those of us who come from a Christian tradition can make is to throw out the old just-war theory, embrace…
— Mairead Corrigan
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The term 'just war' is an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to deal with evil,…
— Howard Zinn
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World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how many other just…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
— Desiderius Erasmus
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the…
— Camille Paglia
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Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty. It's so much…
— Jill Scott
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I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body…
— Kurt Vonnegut
Who Wrote These Just War Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 15 Just War Quotes as follows: