Quotes About Power

Wars of any magnitude release powerful social and economic forces which can change the whole face of the world.

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.

The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.

The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil.

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?

Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.

Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.

Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.

'The Clone Wars' got very dark as we headed towards the end of the war and the downfall of the Jedi.

The brutal fact is that which foods are available in your grocery store is determined by trade wars, agriculture policy, and the outsized power wielded by large corporations.

Mubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force.

If the Islamic world is so suffused with rage and hatred of us - for our wars, occupations, drone attacks, support of Israel, decadent culture, and tolerance of insults to Islam and the Prophet - why should we call for free elections, when the people will use those elections to vote into power rulers hostile to the United States?

The only reason an empire ever fights wars is to maintain empire.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are wars that have had to be fought, and there will probably continue to be.

Politicians do not enter into wars lightly. It is usually the military themselves who are keener to become involved.

The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.

We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess.

In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.

If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.

Wars are usually really popular with people that aren't gonna be affected by them. 'Cause it's just entertainment, and it's just weird, like, 'Well, we've got to show the world that we're strong.' No we don't. And by the way, that has nothing to do with you. Why are you equating yourself with that... you know what I mean?

Little wars start big wars.

Wars have economies. And I don't mean financial economies, although that's often part of it. Why do people continue fighting these wars? There are financial incentives.

Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.