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Smedley Butler
American
Soldier
About the author
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,
American
Soldier
#Military
#Animation
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,
American
Soldier
#Defense
#Fight
#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.
Smedley Butler,
American
Soldier
#War
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
Smedley Butler,
American
Soldier
#Nothing
#War
#Defense