Buying Quote by Arthur Henderson

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...

— Charles Tilly

“Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough…

— Abraham Flexner

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

— Abraham Flexner

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

— Kenneth Waltz

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the…

— Charles Tilly

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

— Hannah Arendt

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes.

— Anonymous

War seldom enters but where wealth allures.

— John Dryden

The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes

— Anonymous

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

— Thomas Jefferson

War is never cheap or easy.

— George H. W. Bush