Famous Quotes | A “just war” is hospitable...

A “just war” is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience. - Alexander Cockburn
Attribution: Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941), Anglo–Irish journalist. New Statesman and Society (London, Feb. 8, 1991).

Categories: Journalist, War

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