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on Friday, July 17, 2015Smedley D. Butler Money Quotation saying clearly that where money is to be made in war, business will seek that profit regardless of losses in lives. Smedley D. Butler said:
War is a Racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives
— Smedley D. Butler
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Reckless Banking
on Friday, June 12, 2015Franklin D. Roosevelt Money Quotation saying on election-eve of 1936, that stopping corruption of business and banking was critical to our democracy. Franklin D. Roosevelt said:
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Graham Greene: It’s All Related to Money
on Friday, January 23, 2015Graham Greene Money Quote saying there is not one thing in our life experience that isn’t somehow related to money – Politics & war, to love and happiness. Graham Greene said:
Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money
— Graham Greene
George Orwell on Foreign War Profits
on Tuesday, January 20, 2015George Orwell Money Quotation saying armed conflicts and war bring profit to corporations building weapons and supplies. George Orwell said:
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it
— George Orwell
Bernie Sanders: Class Warfare, Big Money Winning
on Friday, November 21, 2014Sen Bernie Sanders Money Quotation saying it looks like David vs. Goliath in a war between big banks and corporate interests are easily winning. Sen Bernie Sanders said:
We are in the midst of intense class warfare, where the wealthiest people and the largest corporations are at war with the middle class and working families of this country and it is obvious the big-money interests are winning that war
— Sen Bernie Sanders
Craig Kilborn on War Subscription
on Sunday, October 12, 2014Funny Money #Quote – War is like those annoying subscriptions we can’t get rid of that keep renewing before we remember to cancel them:
The money will cover 30 days of fighting, then we’ll be sent one war every other month until we cancel our subscription
— Craig Kilborn
Shakespeare on Ethical Finance of War
on Saturday, October 11, 2014William Shakespeare Money Quote: Brutus opposed to funding war unethically would rather die and spend his blood. William Shakespeare said:
For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas
— William Shakespeare (Brutus to Cassius in Julius Ceasar, Act 4, Scene 3)
Moshe Dayan on Declining Advice
on Thursday, September 18, 2014Moshe Dayan Money Quotation saying foreign aid is given with advice that is accepted, but rarely taken as readily as weapons and cash. Moshe Dayan said:
Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice
— Moshe Dayan
