Only Those Who Would Be Called Upon

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 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.

My Interest Is, My One Hobby Is, Maintaining A Democracy. If You Get These 500,000 Soldiers Advocating Anything Smelling Of Fascism, I Am Going To Get 500,000 More And Lick The Hell Out Of You, And We Will Have A Real War Right At Home.

A Few Profit - And The Many Pay. But There Is A Way To Stop It. You Can't End It By Disarmament Conferences. You Can't Eliminate It By Peace Parleys At Geneva. Well-meaning But Impractical Groups Can't Wipe It Out By Resolutions. It Can Be Smashed Effectively Only By Taking The Profit Out Of War.

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.