"There are only two things we should fight……" — Smedley Butler
"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."
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31 Quotes by Smedley Butler
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War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which 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…
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War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a…
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War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
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The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But…
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War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems…
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The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and…
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For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I…
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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…
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I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a…
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I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican…
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Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly…
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