Blast Quote by Francois Rabelais

A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.

— Francois Rabelais

War is smaller in scale than in recent memory, but it is far more ambiguous, intractable, and nasty. Money flows more quickly than ever,…

— Mark Kingwell

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

“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

war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as a kind…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

— Douglas MacArthur

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

— Smedley Butler

Truth has anciently been called the first casualty of war. Money may, in fact, have priority.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

— George Farquhar

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing…

— Thomas Paine

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

— Ernest Hemingway

The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower