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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 whether the nation should go to war.”

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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 City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua…

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“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 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 muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers.…

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One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.

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I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time…

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

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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 military service.

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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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Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it.

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I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a…

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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 military.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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