Sentence examples for equivalent of war from inspiring English sources

As I've written, the intellectuals of 1914 didn't want the moral equivalent of war; they wanted war as a way of driving out moral equivalence, of ending relativism and decadence and materialism.

The intellectuals of 1914 didn't want the moral equivalent of war; they wanted war as a way of driving out moral equivalence — ending relativism and decadence and materialism and all the other familiar evils of a shopping and pleasure-seeking society.

Carter called "the moral equivalent of war", but the practical political equivalent of prudence.

"It would take the economic equivalent of war to make it happen".

This is the financial equivalent of war, and we're going to need wartime powers".

The effort, Mr. Carter argues, was the "moral equivalent of war".

He described his energy program as a moral equivalent of war & within a week was leading retreats on several fronts.

President Carter, during the Iranian revolution, called an effort to reduce dependency on foreign oil "the moral equivalent of war".

It wasn't that long ago when Vince talked of the economic challenges facing the UK being "the equivalent of war".

In this era of paper thin electoral majorities, Governor Walker's union-weakening reforms really do amount to the political equivalent of war.

Is the U.S.D.A. buying $40 million worth of chicken products to reduce the surplus and raise retail prices the equivalent of war?