On the record
If I think the war a just one, it is my duty to support it, and if I think it unjust there is no alternative open to me except opposition to it.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgIf I think the war a just one, it is my duty to support it, and if I think it unjust there is no alternative open to me except opposition to it.
Laski expresses the moral obligation to support just wars and oppose unjust ones.
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