Anti war Quote by Samuel B. Pettengill

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing…

— Thomas Paine

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

— Ernest Hemingway

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

— Henry Giroux

“War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public money, in all countries. It is the…

— Thomas Paine

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to buy cheap…

— Tom Stoppard

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

— Douglas MacArthur

War and rumors of war, are a dreadful diversion for peoples demanding juster distribution of wealth. War is the money changer's opportunity, and the…

— Robert La Folette

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

— Socrates

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

— Kenneth Waltz

People do not want war. War springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people.

— Frederic C. Howe

“Whatever is the cause of taxes to a Nation, becomes also the means of revenue to Government. Every war terminates with an addition of…

— Thomas Paine