Authority Quote by Thomas Aquinas

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

— Ernest Hemingway

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.

— Rand Paul

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

It may be true that every necessary war must also really be a just war; but it does not absolutely follow that every just…

— John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair

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 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

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

— Juan Manuel Santos

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.

— Sharon Stone

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