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> [The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/the-country-will-some-day-pay-for-the-stupidities-of-those-who-were/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

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> [Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/adolf-galland-said-that-the-day-we-took-our-fighters-off-the-bombers/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

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## More by Jimmy Doolittle

> [I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/i-have-been-luckier-than-the-law-of-averages-should-allow-i-could/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [“There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/there-s-nothing-stronger-than-the-heart-of-a-volunteer/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/hitherto-acceptable-norms-of-human-conduct-do-not-apply-if-the-united/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/germany-may-have-recovered-a-flying-saucer-as-early-as-1939/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [I could never be so lucky again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/i-could-never-be-so-lucky-again/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/if-we-should-have-to-fight-we-should-be-prepared-to-do-so-from-the/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/nothing-is-as-strong-as-the-heart-of-a-volunteer/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/just-try-to-make-the-world-a-better-place-for-your-having-been-here/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/to-become-an-ace-a-fighter-must-have-extraordinary-eyesight-strength/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/the-first-lesson-is-that-you-can-t-lose-a-war-if-you-have-command-of/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/the-country-will-some-day-pay-for-the-stupidities-of-those-who-were/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/adolf-galland-said-that-the-day-we-took-our-fighters-off-the-bombers/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/i-am-not-a-very-timid-type-it-s-very-important-to-some-people-but-not/)

[Jimmy Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-doolittle/)

> [The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-doolittle/the-function-and-navy-in-any-future-war-will-be-to-support-the/)

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