Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1909 |
| AUTHOR: | Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) |
| QUOTATION: | In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign…. Secondly, a just cause…. Thirdly … a rightful intention. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The three conditions are sometimes paraphrased as: public authority, just cause, right motive. |
| SUBJECTS: | War |