"The (braver) philosopher [[John Stuart Mill]] **would concede that war was an ugly thing—ambition can be ugly too**—but, he said, the “**decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse**.” "**You have to care enough to draw the line somewhere**, and the failure to do this is ultimately far uglier than most of the excesses of history." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[courage]], [[conflict]], [[war]], [[pacifism]], [[personal-values]], [[boundaries]], **Source** -- [[202409180128 - B - Courage is Calling]]