Take the profit out of war.

• Author: La Follette, Robert M.
• Position: 1915 - Brief article

Back of every big army and navy appropriation bill is the organized power of private interest, pressing for more battleships, more armor plate, more powder, more rifles, more machine guns, a larger standing army, a bigger navy. Over and over again, we have heard the special interests making their hypocritical appeals on the ground of patriotism, urging that thorough preparation for war is always a sure guarantee of peace. It has but one purpose and that is to sacrifice human life for private gain.

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