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

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

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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

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

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I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of justice should not be departed from. – Robert Walpole

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For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive. – Ernest Hemingway

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War: a massacre of people who dont know each other for the profit of people who know each other but dont massacre each other. – Paul Valery

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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. – Oscar Wilde

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