We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed? — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
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. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, someway or another, and some in… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
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… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
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… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors. — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
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… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
![“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 their aggression or we're going to bomb them into the Stone Age. And we would shove them back into the Stone Age with Air power or Naval power - not with ground…” quote by Curtis LeMay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bb0/curtis-lemay-23330_age_my-solution-to-the-problem-would-be-to-t_1377007.jpg)