Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it.

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

I spent thirty-three years in the Marines, most of my time being a hlgh class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

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

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.

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.

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.