Investing Quote by David Christian

“The reduction in world conflicts led to defense budget cuts that hurt military contractors.”

— Max Tegmark

“today the expense of modern warfare far outweighs any economic benefits it achieves.”

— Ben Carson

“The true cost of war can't be measured in dollars, infrastructure, or body counts. It is tomorrows, wrung out of hope by yesterdays that…

— Ellen Hopkins

In 1995, world military spending totaled nearly $800 billion. If we redirected just $40 billion of those resources over the next 10 years to…

— Óscar Arias

Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other…

— Peter Orszag

“By 2001, even the peacetime US military budget was well over half the size of all other military budgets in the world combined.”

— Rachel Maddow

If we reduced the military expenses in 10 percent of the world, we would have enough money to save millions of lives in this world.

— Hugo Chavez

Global military spending levels constitute an unconscionable use of resources and remain at an all-time high, reaching a total of USD 1.75 trillion in…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“For while a weapons capability is clearly required in our unstable and aggressive world, the scale of defence spending in countries both under threat…

— Andrew Feinstein

The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the…

— Robert D. Kaplan

“I have never bought into the bullshit theory of acceptable losses. We have the technology, the talent, the aggressiveness, and the expertise to bring…

— Howe U.S. Army Retired, MSG Paul R