That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
You [President Kennedy] have made some pretty strong statements about their being defensive and that we would take action against offensive weapons.… — 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
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