“Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons” is an anti-war saying that has been printed on many images.
       
“‘Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons!’—Arundhati Roy” was posted on Twitter by Aatif Afzal on May 26, 2015. The saying is usually credited to Indian author Arundhati Roy, but it’s not known when she said it first.
   
“Once weapons were manufactured to fight war but now war is manufactured to sell weapons” is a slight variation (with singular “war”) that was posted on Twitter by Amynullah on December 9, 2015.
   
     
Wikipedia:  Arundhati Roy
Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes.
   
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Aatif Afzal
@Aatifafzal215
Replying to @guardian
@guardian “Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons!”—Arundhati Roy
5:43 AM · May 26, 2015
   
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Aatif Afzal
@Aatifafzal215
“Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons!”—Arundhati Roy
5:43 AM · May 26, 2015
   
Twitter
PEACE CASTLE
@PEACENOW_
Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars
Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons
~Arundhati Roy
#WorldBeyondWar
8:57 PM · Sep 19, 2015
   
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Tess
@Tess___444
Once, weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Now wars are manufactured to sell weapons - Arundhati Roy
10:33 PM · Nov 21, 2015
   
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Madhurima Mukherjee
@bulbulm
RT @sparlaydrifter Once weapons were manufactured to fight war. Now war manufactured to sell weapons. #Pakistan #Syria #Iraq #Afghanistan
2:56 AM · Dec 8, 2015
   
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Zeeshan Bhatti (YMT) President Dunyapur
@Bhatti82Bhatti
“Once Weapons were Manufactured to Fight War. Now Wars are Manufacture to Sell Weapons.”
11:08 PM · Nov 22, 2015
   
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Sparlay Yousufzai
@sparlaydrifter
Once weapons were manufactured to fight war. Now war manufactured to sell weapons. #ArundhatiRoy #Pakistan #Syria #Iraq #Afghanistan
2:03 AM · Dec 8, 2015
   
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Amynullah
@amynullah
Once weapons were manufactured to fight war but now war is manufactured to sell weapons
12:21 AM · Dec 9, 2015
 
Google Groups: alt.war.vietnam
Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars
Eris
May 3, 2016, 11:42:47 PM
Now wars are Manufactured to sell weapons
   
Reddit—Quotes
Posted by u/LT14GJC June 24, 2017
“Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars, now wars are manufactured to sell weapons” - Arundhati Roy
 
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Alan MacLeod
@AlanRMacLeod
Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars. Today, wars are often manufactured to sell weapons.
8:18 AM · Mar 24, 2022
 
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T-House
@thouse_opinions
China state-affiliated media
“Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars, now wars are manufactured to sell weapons.”
- Arundhati Roy
4:00 AM · Apr 10, 2022
 
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Kaputte Kaffeekatze auf Betriebsurlaub
@t_witteria_wien
Replying to @JChristandl
Once weapons were manufactured to fight wars,
now wars are manufactured to sell weapons.”
- Arundhati Roy
2:56 AM · Mar 13, 2023