Jimmy Doolittle

“There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.”

“The first casualty of war is truth.”

“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”

“I was reasonably sure that I would not be able to get back, but it was worth the chance.”

“The Japanese had been told they were invulnerable... An attack on the Japanese homeland would cause confusion in the minds of the Japanese people and sow doubt about the reliability of their leaders.”

“Victory, speedy and complete, is the only thing that matters.”

“I could never be a pacifist. To kill a man is fighting, in just the same way as it is fighting to block a bayonet with a fancy parry.”

“So I've had a lot of luck; I never look back. I look forward and I hope I shall always do so.”

“You can't be a good flyer unless you're a little bit crazy.”

“My first objective was to get the B-25s off the deck of the Hornet. My second objective was to bomb Japan. My third objective was to get the men back.”

“The valor of the men who flew with me will live in the annals of military history.”

“I wouldn't have missed it for the world.”