What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
— Simone Weil (1909-1943), French philosopher, Christian mystic and social activist
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I am not sure who this quote is from, but the biographical information does not correspond to Simone Weil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Veil