War Making Quotes
- Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the effort… — Charles Tilly
- The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had always… — Abraham Lincoln
- Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear… — H.G. Wells
- The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror… — Thomas A. Edison
- One side thinks the president'€™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably… — Peter Baker
- War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome.… — Susan Sontag
- Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens... — Charles Tilly
- Everyone and everything is at war, making my poetic expression hardcore. — Krs One