“My interest is, my one hobby is, maintaining a democracy. If you get these 500,000 soldiers advocating anything smelling of Fascism, I am going to get 500,000 more and lick the hell out of you, and we will have a real war right at home.” IfsWarRealHomeInterestHellDemocracySoldierFascismHobbiesMaintainingAdvocating Author:Smedley Butler
“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.” InterestCitiesBoysSafeCapitalismOilDecentMexicoRevenueCubaHaitiRacketAmerican CapitalismDominican Republic 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
“I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.” WayLightHouseInterestBrotherStandardsInternationalChinaOilBrownRepublicSugarBankingNicaraguaDominican RepublicStandard Oil 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
“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 for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.” WayLongLightHouseInterestCitiesHalfBoysRecordsStreetsBrotherWallSafeBenefitsStandardsInternationalChinaOilDecentBrownRepublicSugarDozenMexicoBankingRevenueCubaHaitiRacketNicaraguaDominican RepublicStandard Oil Author:Smedley Butler
