Defense Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a…

— John Boyd Orr

Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance.

— Jay Roach

I don't believe there is such thing as a just or unjust war; there are avoidable and unavoidable wars. Sometimes you have no choice…

— Mike Hoffman

Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.

— Edmund Burke

The term 'just war' is an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to deal with…

— Howard Zinn

War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

— Edward Gibbon

War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.

— George S. Patton

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

— Alan Watts

War begets war. It produces outraged and humiliated and furious people. That is almost invariably the case.

— Judith Butler

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order…

— Anonymous

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

— Neal Shusterman