Just war

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It is the object only of war that makes it honorable. And if there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Topic

American Revolution Just war End justifies the means

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The American Crisis

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 5. Lancaster: John Dunlap, 1778.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number V, March 21, 1778." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.