Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.
Really when it comes to gay rights there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.
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.
The executive has no right in any case to decide the question whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing that no man especially a Christian man has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.
I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority just cause right motive.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.