--- title: "2 Bomb Quotes By Curtis LeMay" description: "2 Bomb quotes by Curtis LeMay. Plus more from Curtis LeMay and more Bomb sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png" --- > [We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-stone-age/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png) > [We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-stone-age/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-s_2713195.png) ## Other authors on Bomb ## More by Curtis LeMay > [I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/i-d-like-to-see-a-more-aggressive-attitude-on-the-part-of-the-united/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, someway or another, and some in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/we-went-over-there-and-fought-the-war-and-eventually-burned-down/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/if-we-maintain-our-faith-in-god-love-of-freedom-and-superior-global/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [Native annalists may look sadly back from the future on that period when we had the atomic bomb and the Russians didn't. Or when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/native-annalists-may-look-sadly-back-from-the-future-on-that-period/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [My solution to the problem would be to tell the North Vietnamese Communists frankly that they've got to drawn in their horns and stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/my-solution-to-the-problem-would-be-to-tell-the-north-vietnamese/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/there-are-no-innocent-civilians-so-it-doesn-t-bother-me-so-much-to-be/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/today-shooting-wars-are-won-or-lost-before-they-start-if-they-are/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/if-we-d-lost-the-war-we-d-all-have-been-prosecuted-as-war-criminals/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/don-t-like-to-do-anything-half-heartedly-even-if-it-is-a-wicked-and/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/i-don-t-mind-being-called-tough-since-i-find-in-this-racket-it-s-the/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/sometime-in-the-future-25-50-75-years-hence-what-will-the-situation/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [ My solution to the problem would be to tell \[the North Vietnamese Communists\] frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/my-solution-to-the-problem-would-be-to-tell-the-north-vietnamese-2/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/every-soldier-thinks-something-of-the-moral-aspects-of-what-he-is/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse than it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/that-s-the-reason-some-schools-of-thinking-don-t-rule-out-a/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) > [You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/you-ve-got-to-kill-people-and-when-you-ve-killed-enough-they-stop/) [Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-lemay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/curtis-lemay/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bomb Quotes By Curtis LeMay", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Curtis LeMay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-stone-age/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.” — Curtis LeMay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Curtis LeMay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-lemay/we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-stone-age/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-s_2713195.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-s_2713195.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-re-going-to-bomb-them-back-into-the-s_2713195.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.” — Curtis LeMay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/curtis-lemay/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/curtis-lemay/", "name": "Bomb Quotes by Curtis LeMay", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bomb/curtis-lemay/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/curtis-lemay-23330_age_we-should-bomb-vietnam-back-into-the-sto_2152494.png" }, "description": "2 Bomb quotes by Curtis LeMay. 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