Michael Walzer > Quotes

“First oppression is made into an excuse for terrorism, and then terrorism is made into an excuse for oppression.”
― Michael Walzer

“We are not usually philosophical in moments of crisis; most often, there is no time.”
― Michael Walzer

“In his reflections on rebellion, Albert Camus argues that one cannot kill unless one is prepared to die.11 But that argument does not seem to apply to soldiers in battle, where the whole point is to kill while avoiding getting killed. And yet there is a wider sense in which Camus is right. Just”
― Michael Walzer, Arguing About War

“Justice is relative to social meanings. A given society is just if its substantive life is lived in a certain way, in a way that is faithful to the shared understandings of the members.”
― Michael Walzer, Forms of Justice: Critical Perspectives on David Miller's Political Philosophy

“Before Venus, censorious; before Mars, timid.”
― Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations

“Bfore Venus, censorious; before Mars, timid.”
― Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations