Quote#War
But if a war be undertaken for the most righteous end, before the…
Quote byCharles Eliot Norton · 1827–1908
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Public Opinion, Volume 24, From an address before the Men's Club of the Prospect Street Congregational Church, Cambridge, MA (1898).
English (original)
But if a war be undertaken for the most righteous end, before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.
— Charles Eliot Norton
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