No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. . .

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.