Peace Quotes by Smedley Butler

11 Peace quotes by Smedley Butler

Smedley Butler’s take on peace may be brief, but each line carries the weight of his experience. These eleven snippets give a clear glimpse into how this veteran shaped his ideas about calm and conflict.

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We must take the profit out of war.

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War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.

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War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

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War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are…

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War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the…

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Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine…

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“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It…

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War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people…

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My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the…

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A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament…

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War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to…

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We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war.

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