Believe Quote by Robert Kagan

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since…

— William S. Burroughs

The primary conflict, I think, is between people whose interests are with already well-established economic activities, and those whose interests are with the emergence…

— Jane Jacobs

“a confirmation of two of history’s more dismal lessons: that grand alliances rarely survive the shock of victory, and that great powers usually behave…

— Hugh Brogan

Conflicting economic interest is relatively unimportant as a cause of war.

— Frank Knight

Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of…

— Geoff Mulgan

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

— Harry S Truman

Great power wars are very costly and dangerous, causing massive loss of life and worldwide turmoil, and possibly spreading to involve other countries.

— John Mearsheimer

Could rivalry be a productive system?

— Sara Genn

The State certainly played a decisive role. I also believe that it may have stemmed from the rivalry itself. Grow or die, devour or…

— Murray Bookchin

Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And…

— Richard Branson

“It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great…

— Samuel P. Huntington

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of…

— Michael Parenti