Authority Quote by James Madison

War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.

— Otto von Bismarck

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

— Livy

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

War cannot be used as a means to prevent or abolish wars. ... The idea of a war to prevent war is one of…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

— George Orwell

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in…

— James Madison

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.

— Edmund Burke

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to…

— John C. Calhoun

War can only be qualified by its object, and there is neither foreign war nor civil war, there is only just or unjust war.

— Victor Hugo

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a…

— Thomas Aquinas