Borrowing Quote by George Friedman

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

— Ernest Hemingway

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

— Douglas MacArthur

War and rumors of war, are a dreadful diversion for peoples demanding juster distribution of wealth. War is the money changer's opportunity, and the…

— Robert La Folette

Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.

— William Jennings Bryan

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

War in its essence is another form of capitalism. Wars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they…

— Bell Hooks

If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big…

— Robert Wright

Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society,…

— Anonymous

“Modern wars as a rule have been caused by the commercial and financial rivalry and intrigues of the capitalist interests in the different countries.…

— John Harrison Nichols

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

— Socrates