Aristocratic Quote by Richard Cobden

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

— Socrates

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

— Ernest Hemingway

Let's face it, war in its essence is another form of capitalism.

— Bell Hooks

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

— Douglas MacArthur

Wars are popular. Contractors make profits; the aristocracy glean honour.

— Ramsay MacDonald

The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history.

— Fidel Castro

War seldom enters but where wealth allures.

— John Dryden

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

— William Jennings Bryan

Commerce is a form of warfare.

— Lyman Abbott

These wars appear also to have given its death blow to colonialism and to imperialism in its colonial form, under which weaker peoples were…

— Emily Greene Balch

Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the innate pugnacity…

— William James

“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