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 helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

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

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

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.

It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket.

I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long... Looking back on it, I feel I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three city districts. We Marines operated on three continents.