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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My reading of history is that we continually inherit trouble.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
What is more immoral than war?
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.
Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.
Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.
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