The Trillion Dollar War Machine Quotes

“the CIA had sent agents to England to meet his widow and secure the rights to Animal Farm. Sonia Orwell sold the rights to the CIA agents under one condition: that she get to meet her idol and Hollywood heartthrob”
― William D Hartung, The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home

“Every year, more money is spent on the Department of Defense than on the departments of Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, State, Justice, Commerce, Education, and Labor, combined.”
― William D Hartung, The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home

“Meanwhile, even as arms-company CEOs earn $20 million per year or more, there are military families whose budgets are so stretched that they rely on food banks to make ends meet.”
― William D Hartung, The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home