Tom Allen Quotes

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

Like all wars, conflicts bring on great opportunities for business.

Wars are made to make debt.

Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years.

Wars cost money.

The war in Iraq has been very, very expensive - partly because the Administration tried to keep the apparent costs down. But the benefits have been elusive at best - partly because the ostensible reasons for going war were unconnected with reality - no weapons of mass destruction, no connections with 9/11.

Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers.

I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.

I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.

This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner.

The most expensive peace is far less costly than the cheapest war.

Someone should tell the president that U.S. forces would need to be in Iraq for two to five years, and they will not have an easy time there.

The cost of war is hard to count.

To suppose this expensive War can be carried on without joint and strenuous efforts is beneath the wisdom of those who are called to the high Offices of Legislation.

It is often easier to assemble armies than it is to assemble army revenues.

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.

If we can afford tremendous sums of money to win the war, we can afford to invest whatever amount it takes to win the peace