Assumption Quote by Gwynne Dyer

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

— Henry Giroux

In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from the state's…

— Robert Higgs

War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be…

— Roger Waters

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.

— Dennis Weaver

War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.

— Richard Engel

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

War is a crucial, deeply ingrained part of human history. It has to be understood.

— Margaret MacMillan

War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something…

— Steven Erikson

War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other…

— Cindy Sheehan

War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty…

— C. E. M. Joad

Societies have progressed much more during times of peace than during wars.

— Gaspar Noe

War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is one of…

— Gwynne Dyer