Acquire Quote by Smedley Butler

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if…

— Ludwig Quidde

This war is not as in the past: whoever occupies a territory also imposes his own social system.

— Joseph Stalin

“When armies benefit from being perceived as necessary, and war provides a means of gaining prestige and leverage over the government,” said Loaf. “Then…

— Orson Scott Card

Today, the army only occupies the territory once the war is over.

— Paul Virilio

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of…

— Havelock Ellis

In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.

— Anonymous

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

— John Stossel

It can't be 'occupied territory' if the land is your own.

— Reuven Rivlin

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

— William Jennings Bryan

Enemy occupied territory is what the world is.

— C. S. Lewis

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

— Hannah Arendt

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the…

— Charles Tilly