Irish Catholic Bishops Quotes

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war.

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.

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

We believe in peace, but we are not pacifists. Sometimes we have to use force

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

That was a declaration of war

Head for jihad and have your guns ready.

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

You may not like to go to war, but war will come to you.

It’s not only time to It is time not to take force off the table… It is time to put force on the table and use it

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

If we can kill Saddam, we should.

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

Nothing can justify war.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

Today, we are now deciding how do we treat those who are choosing to carry out a war against us, non-U.S. citizens who are choosing to take us to task for what we believe and who we are. In this conflict, we have to decide how we are going to try to find these terrorists.

There is no such thing as a politically correct war.

Morality is contraband in war.

If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.