The Morals of Economic Irrationalism (1920)
Context: The richly nourished patriotism of war breeds divisions and antagonisms which are easily exploited afterwards by political, racial, religious, and cultural passions, but most of all by economic interests.<!--p.51
“War nourishes war.”
Act I, sc. ii
(de) Der Krieg ernährt den Krieg.
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
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Der Krieg ernährt den Krieg.
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)
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Friedrich Schiller 111
German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 1759–1805Related quotes

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