If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.


Conversation with presidential commissioner Robert Sprague (September 1957), quoted in Kaplan, F. (1991). The Wizards of Armageddon. Stanford University Press. Page 134.

Curtis LeMay Quotes

If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.

If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.

If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.

If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.