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

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.

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

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.

I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the finished product was worth the pain. I blazed triumphantly forth, a Marine from throat to waist. The emblem is still with me. Nothing on earth but skinning will remove it.

The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit.