"We must permit the youth of the land……" — Smedley Butler
"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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Smedley Butler
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31 Quotes by Smedley Butler
Smedley Butler has 31 quotes on this site.
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There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is…
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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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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
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These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a…
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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.
— John Barrymore
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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing…
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The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human…
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse…
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