I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.

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

War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit.

One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

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

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