• From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. United States Marine Corps general (1881–1940). Smedley Darlington Butler. Butler in uniform, c. 1929. Birth name.
  • Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.” ~ General Smedley D. Butler.
  • Raised by prominent Quaker parents, Smedley Butler defied his pacifist lineage by joining the Marines just before his 17th birthday.
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  • ...i operated on three continents.” — smedley butler on interventionism (excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by major general smedley butler, usmc .)
  • Major General Smedley Butler was a decorated war veteran. He is best known for serving in the Carribean and abroad during World War I.
  • In 1933, retired Marine Corps General Smedley Butler was asked by a group of wealthy bankers to become the dictator of a fascist United States.
  • Smedley Butler came home to be mustered out of service in February 1899, but on April 8,1899, he accepted a commission as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
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