Armed forces Quote by Immanuel Wallerstein

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...

— Charles Tilly

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

— Gouverneur Morris

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

— Philip Bobbitt

“the military has become a substitute welfare state for a large swath of small-town America. In a sense, the military—despite its reputation for political…

— Rosa Brooks

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the…

— Charles Tilly

In all the new states of the Union, land monopolization has gone on at an alarming rate, but in none of them so fast…

— Henry George

What we have is a more sophisticated form of imperialism, which is economic. But lurking in the background, always ready to go, is an…

— Howard Zinn

The U.S. has subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

— Donald Trump

“[C]apitalist trade and industry cannot thrive without access to military and political power. State interventions have always been critical to its advancement.”

— Amitav Ghosh

It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in…

— Sanford Levinson