"Conflicting economic interest is relatively unimportant as a cause of war."

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Source : Frank H. Knight, Ross B. Emmett (1999). “Selected Essays by Frank H. Knight, Volume 2: Laissez Faire: Pro and Con”, p.297, University of Chicago Press

Frank Knight

#War Quotes #Causes Quotes #Conflict Quotes

“To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.”
“I'm not romantic at all, ha ha, I need teaching. The closest I ever came was taking a girl out on her birthday and getting her picked up and dropped off at a hotel. The room was all done up, like with flowers and stuff. But that was a struggle for me!”
“Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.”
“The high arts of literature and music stand in a curious relationship to one another, at once securely comfortable and deeply uneasy - rather like a long-term marriage.”
“For life is a journey through a wilderness”

Source : Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.77, Penguin
“Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.”

Source : "Busted: Timothy Radcliffe, OP". Interview with Bill McGarvey, bustedhalo.com. April 04, 2008.
“Order is its own reward.”
“I would ban sweets from school - but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much”

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