“The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home.”
Speech to the Third Army (1944)
Context: Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!
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