War Expense Quotes

Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.

... the most expensive luxury the war produced.

For war there is always enough. It's peace that's expensive.

The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq.

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it.