"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

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Source : Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.5, The Forlorn Press

Smedley Butler

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Loss Quotes

“The trick to defending Kentucky's home court is....better defending”
“I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.”
“Occasionally it can be a little disappointing to see rock gods in their 60s or 70s up on stage.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front”
“Impossible. I merely brought the essentials. Clothes, my favorite boots, face cream, makeup, a few books to read, a couple cans of caviar, lingerie, and my coffeepot. Plus a few other things a girl like me just canâ€™t live without but canâ€™t mention in mixed company because it would be indelicate. You know, because theyâ€™re sexual.â€ - at â€œlingerie,â€ Hector and Dallas had stood a little straighter. At â€œsexual,â€ theyâ€™d moaned. Jaxon punched them both in the back of the head.”
“Being excited about stuff on a daily basis, I'm so excited by it.”
“Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.”

Source : "Saudi Prince Urges Ground Zero Mosque Be Moved" by Cindy E. Rodriguez, abcnews.go.com. October 28, 2010.
“BBC had tried to develop the book, set in England, as a two-hour movie. I went to a meeting and they said, "Look at this," and I thought the book was outstanding. I was like, "Can I do this?"”

Source : Source: collider.com

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