UN General Assembly
1972

94. First, there is no question that we all bear responsibility for seeking to eliminate the known causes of often desperate acts. Repression cannot save a society whose citizens are convinced that revolt is their only recourse. 95. But, second, we must recognize that no injustice suffered will ever justify the injustice of acts of terrorism. Since, according to the philosophy of the United Nations, war should always give way to negotiation or arbitration as our Charter states it follows that whenever wanton violence is fostered by individuals or groups of individuals, that, too, must be condemned by the canons of the same international order. 96. Wanton violence can never justify equally wanton revenge. When international public order is disrupted, an escalation of violence is just as reprehensible.