Accidents Quote by Lewis H. Lapham

War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.

— Ludwig von Mises

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

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

— Harry S Truman

With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may have become…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of…

— Elihu Root

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then,…

— Karl Kraus

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant…

— Karl Marx

For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although…

— Gwynne Dyer

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

— Dennis Weaver

I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I am now…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

War is to be ranked among the most dreadful calamities which fall on a guilty world; and, what deserves consideration, it tends to multiply…

— William Ellery Channing