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“War is wide-scale murder”

Dec 31, 2012

Some thoughts from Igino Giordani’s book, ’The Futility of War’

“War is wide-scale murder”.

“Just as the plague spreads the plague, and hunger can lead to starvation, so does war serve to kill”.

“If you want peace, prepare for it”.

“Only crazy people, or the incurable wish for death, and war is death”.

“I believe no head of State has ever admitted he was waging war for motives of plunder; everyone held that it was being fought for the most noble of reasons, for altruistic and idealistic purposes, of course. And – just to show how childish hatred can get – greed is a characteristic of the enemy while a friend shows idealism”.

“Enemies are to be loved: if only the politics of charity were to take root, we would discover that it coincides with the most enlightened rationality and, in the economic and social sense, it would prove to be a real bargain”.

“For Christians to be worthy of being called ‘children of God’ they have to work for peace”.

“We must organize peace as others have organized war”.

“The work of building peace starts from you and from me”.

Igino Giordani, L’inutilità della guerra, published by  Città Nuova, Roma 2003

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