Acquisition Quote by Anonymous

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.

— Socrates

Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love…

— Plato

The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

— Socrates

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

— Socrates

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

Every war, every revolution, demands the sacrifice of a generation, of a collectivity, by those who undertake it.

— Simone de Beauvoir

“War is fought over futile and feudal things. War is not about ideology, no matter how artfully framed, but it’s simply about power and…

— Jarod Kintz

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

— Kenneth Waltz

“Power must be claimed. Wealth won. Rule, dominion, empire purchased with blood. You scarless children deserve nothing. You do not know pain. You do…

— Pierce Brown

“Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us live under the impression that the most important thing we can do on…

— Nelson Searcy

“War is the extreme edge of capitalism: an economic system so designed that it is always tipped in balance so that the mouth of…

— Patricia J. McLean

“War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the…

— Thomas Paine