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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 16 quotes by Smedley Butler Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps major general, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler is well known for having... Read full biography of Smedley Butler → 1 2 Ctrl → War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament... → 0 War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside... → 0 There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. 0 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 and the losses in lives. 0 I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American... → 0 I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class... → 0 The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the... → 0 For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it. 0 My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. 0 Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by... → 0 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.... → 0 The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is... → 0 War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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