“What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.” WayShowsBloodEconomicPrideGainsAdvantageGoldGreedPatriotismTerritoryShedding BloodFalse Pride Book:The Hounds of Spring Source: The Hounds of Spring
“The commercial paper market, when that dries up, you know, that's just like sucking the blood out of the economic body of the United States.” KnowsStatesBodyUnitedUnited StatesBloodEconomicPaper Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of alltimes are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones.” WellsLittlesWarBigsReligionPoliticsSocialHistoryBloodEconomicTinyAll TimeBloodyEconomic Systems Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“Roughly 1 in 6 Americans have Irish blood. I'd say it's probably safe to assume that the average Irish-American who only comes out on St. Patrick's Day has no idea of the sort of economic powerhouse Ireland has become.” IdeasBloodEconomicSafeAssumingAverageNo IdeaIrelandSt PatrickSt Patrick's Day Author:Scott McClellan
“The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.” StatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesBloodEconomicSecurityMilitaryPressureUnionsLeagueDamageCouncilSanctionsNatoDiplomaticSecurity CouncilEconomic SanctionsAfrican Union Author:Elliott Abrams