Politics Quote by Joe Abercrombie

“War is the currency of political power.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“...The war in the East were hidden behind a thicket of language: patriotism, democracy, loyality, fredom - the words bounced around, changing purpose, as…

— Deborah Eisenberg

“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Wars were giant parties for the ruling elites, who sometimes thought it might be great fun to make the poor kill each other.”

— Jarett Kobek

“...Sometimes one just had to forge on and let the chips fall where they may. After all, we were the ones in the trenches,…

— Delfi Messinger

“fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong.”

— Bobby Adair

“That doesn't sound like civil war to me," said Gaylen, turning back to his book with a smile. "It only sounds silly." "Of course…

— Natalie Babbitt

“All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievious ones.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“War is fought over futile and feudal things. War is not about ideology, no matter how artfully framed, but it’s simply about power and…

— Jarod Kintz

“Cattle lolled empty-eyed in the pens of the stockyards. Pigs grunted lustlessly, unmindful of sows and sex and knives whetted for the coming fall.…

— Stephen King

“You can learn a lot about government from donkey balls.”

— John Green

“There is a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare- and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all it takes…

— Captain Price