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• Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay… — Charles Tilly
• The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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

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