Quotes by Smedley Butler

• My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.
• There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.
• 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.
• War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.