Individuals have international
duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience…Therefore [individual
citizens] have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against
peace and humanity from occurring.
Nuremberg War Crime
Tribunal, 1950
What kind of peace do
we seek?
Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not
the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine
peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that
enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for
their children - not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and
women - not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.
John F. Kennedy June 10,1963