Augustine Just War Quotes & Sayings

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace. — Saint Augustine

To us to-day this period of transition, with its mediaeval mixture of commerce, religion, and war, of emotion and logic, of admiration for St. Augustine and belief in the infallibility of Aristotle, looks extremely odd. We forget that our generation may be in danger of similar criticism. Odd or not, this was the state of Italy in the period preceding that great burst of the arts and intellectual life known as the Renaissance. FOOTNOTES: — Henry Dwight Sedgwick

It is a higher glory ... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war. — Augustine Of Hippo

You are familiar with World War 2?"
"Of course I am. I'm dead, not stupid. — Donna Augustine

Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace. — Saint Augustine

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity. — Saint Augustine

Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace. — Saint Augustine

To each of my Nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of my swords or Cutteaux of which I may be Possesed; and they are to chuse in the order they are named. These Swords are accompanied with an injuction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self defense, or in the defense of their Country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands, to the relenquishment thereof. — George Washington

It is greater felicity to have a good neighbour at peace, than to conquer a bad one by making war. — Augustine Of Hippo