Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

I think the word rich is all relative.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

Rappers aren’t the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone’s business to be super wealthy.

I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

War is a way of shattering to pieces… materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.

I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

I don’t mind saying, you know, that I don’t take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

Money has a language of its own.

A siege is an act of war.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

Many people aren’t rich because they’re liars.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

I just hate meetings. Though it’s true that once you’ve made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don’t want to seize every opportunity to do so.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

Morality is contraband in war.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive… the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.

Society is at odds with itself.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

The U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don’t have a short-term payback.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.