Curtis LeMay (1906–1990) American general and politician
Mission with LeMay: My Story (1965), p. 382.
“Actually, I think it's more immoral to use less force than necessary, than it is to use more.”
if you use less force, you kill off more of humanity in the long run, because you are merely protracting the struggle.
Mission with LeMay: My Story (1965), p. 382.
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