“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 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
“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
“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.” YearsWarRealizingSoldierSuspicionRetiredRacket Book:War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading
“No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that the ships on which they were going to cross might be torpedoed by submarines built with US patents.” MadeMightAgeDarkBrotherShotsBuiltCrossesSoldierMedicalShipsBulletsDark AgesPatentsRacketSubmarinesAmerican Soldier Book:War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading
