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Quotes from Jimmy Doolittle

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
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.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
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!
~ Jimmy Doolittle
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.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.
~ Jimmy Doolittle
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.
~ Jimmy Doolittle