Quotes by : Smedley Butler

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to....

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

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to....

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it.....

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are....

I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time,....