Norma Lamb

“In a 1931 speech, Butler recounted a story about Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, how he had run over a child with his car, and said, as he moved on, “It was only one life. What is one life in the affairs of the State.”
― Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

“There are only two reasons why you should ever be asked to give your youngsters. One is defense of our homes. The other is the defense of our Bill of Rights and particularly the right to worship God as we see fit. Every other reason advanced for the murder of young men is a racket, pure and simple.”
― Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

“I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”
― Smedley Butler

“Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war.   There”
― Smedley D. Butler, War Is A Racket!: And Other Essential Reading