My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. -Smedley Butler

 

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Smedley Butler quotes in our collection. Smedley Butler is known for saying 'My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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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I spent 33 years in the Marines. Most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

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My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. -Smedley Butler
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War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

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