Education Quote by David Christian

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

— Ben Carson

We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or…

— Lester B. Pearson

“You must value something highly to go to war to improve it”

— Deborah Laake

“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

“Secondly, while the price of war soared, its profits declined. For most of history, polities could enrich themselves by looting or annexing enemy territories.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the…

— Smedley Butler

“There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited . . . What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.”

— Sun Tzu

“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. Nothing is of greater importance…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded…

— Herbert Read

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

— Socrates

“What action could not do, diplomacy might accomplish. Or, failing that, money.”

— Claudia Gray