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“For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times when war is justified, and for many centuries the moral criteria for violence have been carefully delineated.”

Doe Has Beens War Moral Violence Century Commitment Blind Justified Diplomacy Criteria Pacifism

Book:The Jimmy Carter Library

Source: The Jimmy Carter Library

“The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.”

Should States Use Violence Impossible Atheism Should Have Aim Affair Positive Atheism Tyranny Reform Justified

Book:The Open Society and Its Enemies

Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies

“I am not an absolute pacifist, because I can't rule out the possibility that under some, carefully defined circumstances, some degree of violence may be justified, if it is focused directly at a great evil.”

Ifs May I Can Evil Violence Possibility Circumstances Degrees Absolutes Focused Defined Justified Because I Can Pacifist

Author:Howard Zinn

“Feeling sympathy and searching for explanations isn't the same as believing that the violence is justified.”

Believe Feelings Violence Explanation Justified

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“If the tradition which claims that war may be justified does not also admit that it could be unjustified, the affirmation is not morally serious. A Christian who prepares the case for a justified war without being equally prepared for hte negative case has not soberly weighted the prima facie presumption that any violence is wrong until the case for an exception has been made.”

Ifs May Doe Has Beens Made War Christian Cases Violence Serious Negative Tradition Claims Prepared Exception Affirmation Justified Presumption Being Equal Unjustified

Author:John Howard

“No-one wants to see violence of any kind on our streets, certainly not any violence that's justified by extreme nationalist ideas or that targets people because of their religion.”

People Want Kind Ideas Violence Streets Extremes Target Justified

Author:Tim Soutphommasane

“Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.”

Violence Particular Circumstances Method Commit Nevertheless Justified

Author:Dalai Lama

“In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.”

Thinking Cases Violence Justified

Author:Pierre Trudeau

“Americans across our country are feeling a sense of helplessness, of uncertainty and of fear. These feelings are understandable and they are justified. But the answer must not be violence. The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer - our answer, all our answer - must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action. We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law.”

Country Feelings Action Community Justice Violence Equal Calm Determined Peaceful Uncertainty Law Enforcement Justified Helplessness

Author:Loretta Lynch