“Well, look baby, I can't, can't talk to you now, but... My president...” – General "Buck" Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... Movie Quotes Database

General "Buck" Turgidson George C. Scott

[on the phone, in the War Room]

Well, look baby, I can't, can't talk to you now, but... My president needs me. Of course Bucky would rather be there with you. Of course it isn't only physical. I deeply respect you as a human being. Someday I'm gonna make you Mrs. Buck Turgidson. Listen, you go back to sleep. Bucky'll be back there just as soon as he can. All right? Listen, sug', don't forget to say your prayers.

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

General "Buck" Turgidson Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth...Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing, but it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless, distinguishable post-war environments. One, where you got 20 million people killed, and the other where you got 150 million people killed. General "Buck" Turgidson Gee, I wish we had one of them Doomsday Machines, Stainsey. General "Buck" Turgidson I think we ought to all just bow our heads and give a short prayer of thanks for our deliverance. LORD, we have heard the wings of the Angel of Death fluttering over our heads from the Valley of Fear. You have seen fit to deliver us from the forces of evil...