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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 have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the suns energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. – George Porter

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What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. – Simone Weil, Ecrits historiques et politiques, 1960

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I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. – Gene Tierney

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If we dont end war, war will end us. – H. G. Wells

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