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Anti War Quotes by Smedley Butler
- 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…
- My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.
- War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
More Anti War Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
- Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon
- A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home… — Edward Abbey
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with… — John Adams
- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. — John Adams
- Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
- If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
- All war represents a failure of diplomacy. — Tony Benn
- War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. — Alfred Adler
- To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman. — Alfred Adler