Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing.
3 seconds sound clip from the Dr. Strangelove movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:33:54 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- General, it is the avowed policy of our country never to strike first with nuclear weapons.
- Well, Mr. President, I would say that General Ripper has already invalidated that policy.
- That was not an act of national policy and there are still alternatives left open to us.
- Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing.
- One, where you got 20 million people killed and the other where you got 150 million people killed.
- You're talking about mass murder, General, not war.
- Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed.
- But I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed tops depending on the breaks.
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