Quotes About Justice

A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.

Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.

The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.

With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land.

Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay/And the war would be over and done in a day." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 3

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.

The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.

It is not right to exult over slain men.

The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans, and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.

I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.

If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war.

I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live.

There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.

War may be an armed angel with a mission, but she has the personal habits of the slums.

To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.

The anti-war movement should turn itself into a pro-democracy movement

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.

I know it's a really hard concept to process, but the fact that Govt accuses someone of being a Terrorist doesn't mean they are.

You measure peace with guns, progress in megatons. Who's left when the war is won?

When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams of trying to deceive or trick him.