Victor Hugo quote about justice from Les Misérables - There is no such thing as foreign or civil war; there is only just and unjust war.
pick facebookpinterest picture source

There is no such thing as foreign or civil war; there is only just and unjust war.
 Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862). copy citation

edit
Author Victor Hugo
Source Les Misérables
Topic justice war
Date 1862
Language English
Reference
Note Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood in 1887
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm

Context

“And then if we look at things from a still more lofty point of view, why do we speak of civil war?
Civil war—what does that mean? Is there a foreign war? Is not all war between men, war between brothers? War is qualified only by its object. There is no such thing as foreign or civil war; there is only just and unjust war. Until that day when the grand human agreement is concluded, war, that at least which is the effort of the future, which is hastening on against the past, which is lagging in the rear, may be necessary.” source

Meaning and analysis

write a note
report