Civil war Quote by Victor Hugo

There is neither a foreign war nor a civil war; there is only just and unjust war.

— Victor Hugo

Either a war has to be fought, or it doesn't.

— Monica Crowley

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

War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an…

— Carl von Clausewitz

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 is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others.

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war.

— Michel de Montaigne

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

— Norman Mailer

A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.

— Clint Eastwood

“Civil war... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as 'foreign war'? Was not all warfare between men warfare between brothers?…

— Victor Hugo

War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral.

— Eugene McCarthy