No ruler in the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind of war I can have.' You enter into one and it uses up all the money you've got, and then it breaks you and bankrupts you.


Wolf Hall (2010)

Hilary Mantel Quotes

No ruler in the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind ...

No ruler in the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind ...

No ruler in the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind ...

No ruler in the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind ...