Eye Quote by William James

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.

— Plato

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

— William Jennings Bryan

We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

— Steven Pinker

“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

For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of commerce would…

— George Washington

All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING.

— Walter Russell

Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.

— Edmund Burke

Wars are no longer waged in the name of a sovereign who must be defended; they are waged on behalf of the existence of…

— Michel Foucault

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

— Livy

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

— Neal Shusterman

In a general view, there are few conquests that repay the charge of making them, and mankind are pretty well convinced that it can…

— Thomas Paine