Thirteen Days (2000)

Kevin Conway: Gen. Curtis LeMay

Quotes 

• General Curtis LeMay : You're in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President.

  President Kennedy : What did you say?

  General Curtis LeMay : You're in a pretty bad fix.

  President Kennedy : Well, maybe you haven't noticed: You're in it with me.

• General Curtis LeMay : Those goddamn Kennedys are gonna destroy this country if we don't do something about this!

• General Curtis LeMay : The 'big Red dog' is diggin' in our backyard, and we are justified in shooting him!

• General Curtis LeMay : Mr. President, the motto I chose for SAC is "Peace is Our Profession." Now, God forbid we find ourselves in a nuclear exchange, but, if launched, those missiles from Cuba would kill a lot of Americans. The very presence of those missiles gives the Soviets first-strike capability. Those missiles make a nuclear exchange more likely, and that is why I'm being such a pain in the ass about destroying them, and destroying them immediately.

• General Curtis LeMay : Mr. President, you give me the order right now, my planes will be ready to carry out the air strikes in three days time. All you gotta do is say "go," and my boys will get those Red bastards.