“it is certain that seditions, wars, and contempt or breach of the laws are not so much to be imputed to the wickedness of the subjects, as to the bad state of the dominion.”

“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.”

“The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act ofblatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.”

“Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.”

“I think that we should be men first and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.”

“There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked that they must not be allowed. When you can be perfectly certain that the other man started them, then is the time when you might have a sort of duty to stop them. ”