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 had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate a racket in three city districts. The Marines operated on three continents.

War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.

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

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

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

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.