Confession of the Lioness: A Novel
“Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.”
“In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”
“My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.”
Pt. II, sc. v, Spirit Sinister
The Dynasts (1904–1908)
" Peace http://www.bartleby.com/122/22.html", lines 3-6
Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1918)
“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
Achtung! Vorurteile (2003); original German: "Der Terrorismus, der im furchtbaren 11. September kulminierte, ist ein Krieg der Armen gegen die Reichen. Der Krieg ist ein Terrorismus der Reichen gegen die Armen." typically cited in short: "Terrorismus ist der Krieg der Armen und der Krieg ist der Terrorismus der Reichen."
“The murmuring poor, who will not fast in peace.”
The Newspaper (1785), line 158.
“He who loves the law dies either mad or poor.”
The Phœnix (1603-4)
Daily Telegram #1019, Thoughts Of Will Rogers On The Late Slumps In Stocks (31 October 1929)
Daily telegrams
Context: Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
