Tullus Hostilius Quotes

The preemptive use of force has always been part of international law.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

The Congress decides when to make war and the President decides how to make war.

This is not only war, it is an offensive war, not only an offensive war but an unjust war. I am for the honor of my country forced to say ... it is a wicked war, it is robbery.

Resolved that the present war ... was unconstitutionally commenced by the order of the President ... and that it is now waged by a powerful nation against a weak neighbor ... at immense cost of treasure and life.... That such a war of conquest, so hateful in its objects, so wanton, unjust and unconstitutional in its origin and character, must be regarded as a war against freedom, against humanity, against justice.

I don’t think we should go to war with one person’s authority..

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

Nothing can justify war.

The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

There is no such thing as a politically correct war.

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.

Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.

The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq.

I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are wars that have had to be fought, and there will probably continue to be.

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.

I’m not opposed to all wars; just dumb wars.

Under our Constitution the Congress alone has the power to declare war.

War is a last and terrible defense of even a righteous cause, and sets at defiance all the ordinary laws and customs of society.

It is not every cause of war that should lead to war.

Except in case of attack by armed forces … the people shall have the sole power by a national referendum to declare war or to engage in warfare overseas.