International Committee of the Red Cross Quotes

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

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

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.

A rational fear of an imminent danger is said to be a justifiable cause of war.

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

All war aims for impunity.

Nothing can justify war.

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

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

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy and negotiations to try and arrive at a peaceful solution to this problem.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.

We make war that we may live in peace.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

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, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

I see no reason to use offensive tools unless you're defending the country or in a state of war, or you want to achieve some really important thing for the good of the nation and others.

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.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

Every war has revolutionary justice.

If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of, and, frankly, the facile way in which too many people talk about, 'Well, let's just go attack them.'

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