Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Wars usually fail to solve the issues they are fought over, making them ultimately futile.
- In plain terms
- Wars are usually futile because they don't solve their causes.
- What can you take from it?
- Question the purpose of entering war.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When, war be justified?
- How can we better assess war outcomes?
Another view
It may ignore rare cases where war ends oppressive regimes.
More from John Paul II (Pope)
War is a defeat for humanity.
Permalink to quote #57 War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
Permalink to quote #59 Violence and war can never resolve the problems of men.
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