Curtis LeMay Quotes on Ethics

4 quotes

  1. There are no innocent civilians.

  2. I have tried at all times to slaughter as few civilians as possible.

  3. 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.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.

  4. We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

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