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

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.

- Curtis Lemay

If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save li…

- Curtis Lemay

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

- Curtis Lemay

I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the w…

- Curtis Lemay

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent.

- Curtis Lemay

If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.

- Curtis Lemay

You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting.

- Curtis Lemay

I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doin…

- Curtis Lemay