 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
The important form of economic power, in international relations, is now the possession of raw materials and food; and the most important raw materials are those required in war. ... and the armed forces of Germany will be useless to the Germans unless they can obtain oil. A similar state of affairs exists in regard to food: a powerful war-machine requires an immense diversion of national energies from food production, and therefore depends upon military control of large fertile areas.
Source: Power, a new social analysis, 1935, by Bertrand Russell.
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