Mihaly Karolyi Quotes

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

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.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

You can’t undo a thousand years of history by sending military troops into a country.

We're not going to spread democracy at the business end of a M16 held by a 23 year old Marine.

When states decide to use force to deal with broader threats to international peace and security, they need the unique legitimacy provided by the United Nations.

We are talking about using military force, but we are not talking about war. I think that is an important distinction.

In order to keep the peace you’ve got to have the authorization to use force.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. Bella suscipienda sunt ob eam causam, ut sine injuria in pace vivatur.

We cannot go on fighting a war for small hills.

The end of war is to procure by force the justice which cannot otherwise be obtained.

Military force is not the first option, but it is there if needed.

Bahais are not pacifists since we uphold the use of force in the service of justice and upholding law. But we do not believe that war is ever necessary and its abolition is one of the essential purposes and brightest promises of Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation.

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

Anybody who has experienced war will never want to do it again unless they have to. But if we’re going to do it, we have to be damn good at it.

...In practice it is found that International Law is always on the side of strong battalions...It is puerile...to apply to the dealings of a nation with its neighbor's territory the morality which would be applicable to two individuals possessing adjoining property, and protected from mutual wrong by a law superior to both.

Let's be clear: Neither Secretary Powell or I opposed the notion of removing Saddam Hussein by force, but we wanted to avoid the war if we could. But if we couldn't, the notion of removing Saddam Hussein from the scene seemed eminently sensible, given that you had, what, 16 or so U.N. Security Council resolutions basically saying the same thing.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.