Smedley Butler Quotes

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.
Smedley Butler

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.
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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.
Smedley Butler

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
Smedley Butler

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Smedley Butler Quotes

Type: Soldier Quotes Category: American Soldier Quotes Date of Birth: June 30, 1881 Date of Death: June 21, 1940 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Smedley Butler Related Authors: George S. Patton Douglas MacArthur R. Lee Ermey George Armstrong Custer Robert E. Lee Norman Schwarzkopf Chester W. Nimitz Audie Murphy Curtis Lemay	My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. Smedley Butler There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. 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. Smedley Butler War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. Smedley Butler