JIMMY DOOLITTLE

For some of us who have seen the other side of Allen Dulles, we don’t see too many Christian traits. I personally consider him a ruthless, ambitious, and utterly incompetent government administrator.

In covert operations, quality is much more important than quantity. A small number of competent people can be much more useful than a large number of incompetents.

I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

I could never be so lucky again

Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy.

Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

If the United States is to survive, long standing concepts of fair play must be reconsidered.

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

If the United States is to survive, long standing concepts of fair play must be reconsidered.

In covert operations, quality is much more important than quantity. A small number of competent people can be much more useful than a large number of incompetents.

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy.

Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.

I could never be so lucky again

Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.

I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.

To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!