A scene from Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
Muffley

General Turgidson, it is the avowed policy of our nation never to strike first with nuclear weapons.

Turgidson

Well, sir, I would say that General Ripper has already invalidated that policy!

Muffley

That was not an act of national policy and there are still alternatives left open to us.

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General "Buck" Turgidson George C. Scott More Turgidson quotes →
President Merkin Muffley Peter Sellers More Muffley quotes →

More from Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost...if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?! Russian Ambassador It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises. Major T. J. "King" Kong Ain't nobody ever got the Go code yet. And old Ripper wouldn't be giving us plan R unless them Russkies had already clobbered Washington and a lot of other towns with a sneak attack. Major T. J. "King" Kong Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones.
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