All Smedley Butler Quotes
- There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. Bill
- War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars… Anti War
- My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. Animation
- War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You… Been
- War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. Adequate
- The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that… Ah
- War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people.… Antiwar
- The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100… America
- For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did… Civil
- I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I… Active
- I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National… American
- I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests… American
- Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few… Acquire
- War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. Been
- War Is A Racket : I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all… All
- I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the… Across
- One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians. Detailed
- I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class… All
- If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad Capitalist
- Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it. Companies
- I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long.... Looking… Al
- I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National… American
- War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not… Any
- ...Senate Doc. # 259. The 65th congress(:)...The coal companies made between 100% and 7,856% on their capital stock during the war (to end all wars,… Age
- ...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits. Actual