An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Quakers, Education, General Christianity
| Author: | Jonathan Dymond | ISBN: | 1230001944785 |
| Publisher: | CrossReach Publications | Publication: | September 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jonathan Dymond |
| ISBN: | 1230001944785 |
| Publisher: | CrossReach Publications |
| Publication: | September 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"Wars are often promoted from considerations of interest, as well as from passion. The love of gain adds its influence to our other motives to support them, and without other motives, we know that this love is sufficient to give great obliquity to the moral judgment, and to tempt us to many crimes. During a war of ten years, there will always be many whose income depends on its continuance; and a countless host of commissaries, and purveyors, and agents, and mechanics, commend a war, because it fills their pockets."
"Wars are often promoted from considerations of interest, as well as from passion. The love of gain adds its influence to our other motives to support them, and without other motives, we know that this love is sufficient to give great obliquity to the moral judgment, and to tempt us to many crimes. During a war of ten years, there will always be many whose income depends on its continuance; and a countless host of commissaries, and purveyors, and agents, and mechanics, commend a war, because it fills their pockets."
