In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.
The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
The principal cause of war is war itself.
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence.
War is not, in itself, a condition so much as the symptom of a condition - that of international anarchy.
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.