"A solid man of Boston; A comfortable man with dividends, And the first salmon and the first green peas."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.'”
“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. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. 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.”

Source : Smedley Darlington Butler (2016). “War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I think we should not do what the Republicans did, which is to spend eight years saying they would do absolutely nothing because we do stand for the country.”
“I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.”
“Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.”
“I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.”
“You have to smile after making trouble. This way you get in less trouble.”
“In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.”

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