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International 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that… — Ambrose Bierce
- Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must… — Tony Blair
- This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the… — John Boehner
- It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. — Omar Bongo
- Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community. — Emma Bonino
- In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would… — Lakhdar Brahimi
- We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in… — John O. Brennan