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
War is just a racket… I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. – Smedley Butler
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
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in a new manner under the influence of marijuana, and these apprehensions have remained valid in years of normal consciousness. – Allen Ginsberg