Thomas Sowell Quotes
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
Sowell, Thomas. "Random Thoughts." Creators Syndicate, 6 Feb. 2007.
This appears to be the first American utterance of a longstanding doctrine of foreign policy.
The same sentiment has been attributed to Aristotle.
The highest court in New York. Kent did not originate this concept. He was stating an age old principle of law: Posse vicinum impediri, ne in suo solo, sine alia causa suaque evidenti utilitate, munimentum nobis propinquum extruat, aut aliud quid faciat, unde justa formido periculi oriatur.
The highest court in New York.
Actually, the two world wars were wars of necessity. The Korean War and the Vietnam war are considered by many as wars of choice. But most of our military incursions—the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, Grenada, the Serbian War, Hati incursions and many others were wars of choice for which there were often very good reasons. However, we have to go to war when America is existentially threatened. In that sense, the Iraq War which Kerry was primarily addressing, could be interpreted either way. If it was really true thread. That is what caused most members of Congress to vote to approve the war. However, when that turned out to have been untrue, and it was suspected that the weapons of mass destruction was a deliberate ruse by some.
Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
