“Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I...” – Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ... Movie Quotes Database

Turgidson

Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops, uh, depending on the breaks.

Muffley

I refuse to go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler.

Turgidson

Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American people, than with your image in the history books.

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