“I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. 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 flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.” IfsBelieveWarAmericaFightingI BelieveNationsTroublePercentDollarsSoldierI Believe InDefenseFlagsAntiwarRestlessAdequateCoastline Author: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 and the losses in lives.” WarPeaceLossDollarsInternationalProfitAnti WarAntiwarScopeRacketMilitary Industrial ComplexCost Of War Book:War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading
“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 flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.” AmericaTroublePercentDollarsSoldierFlagsRestless Author:Smedley Butler
“Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.” IfsWarNationsBloodBillsDollarsShouldersAcquireTerritoryGeneral Public Book:War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier Source: War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
