Aggression Quote by Noam Chomsky

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime.

— Noam Chomsky

Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.

— Noam Chomsky

When something like this [2003 invasion of Iraq] takes place, the international law professionals have a complicated task. There is a fringe that just…

— Noam Chomsky

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

— Harold Pinter

War is a crime which involves all other crimes.

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the…

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The concept of war crimes is an American invention.

— George Wald

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops. And to…

— Robert Kilroy-Silk

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

— Voltaire

The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information…

— Warren Christopher