War Profit Quotes

Show me who makes a profit from war, and I'll show you how to stop the war.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

War and preparation for war is not a matter of national honor and national defense, but a matter of profit for the few.

We must take the profit out of war.

They're out there, this appalling idea that there are companies that profit - not just profit but profit enormously - through war.

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

The only neutral parties in a war are those who are making money from it.

War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be made. So there is always an encouragement to promote war and keep it going, to make sure that we identify people who are 'others' whom we can legitimately make war upon.

I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.

Why is it that all wars are won by bankers?

The Republicans and Democrats profit from war and sickness.

If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.

War is good business Invest your son

So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved.

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.

After all the time we [people] spent saying look, war is a stupid way to solve stuff - oh, you're not trying to solve stuff. You're trying to make money.