War is capitalism with the gloves off. — Tom Stoppard · Skopia

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War is capitalism with the gloves off.

1974

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Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. Grove Press, 1994, act 1.

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Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. Royal Shakespeare Company, 10 June 1974, Aldwych Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

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