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Our source was The New York Times.

5 seconds sound clip from the Dr. Strangelove movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:50:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- There were those of us who fought against it, but in the end, we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms race, the space race and the peace race.

- And at the same time, our people grumbled for more nylons and washing machines.

- Our doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we'd been spending on defense in a single year.

- But the deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines and we were afraid of a doomsday gap.

- This is preposterous. I've never approved of anything like that.

- Our source was The New York Times.

- Dr. Strangelove, do we have anything like that in the works?

- A moment, please, Mr. President.

- Under the authority granted me as director of weapons research and development...

- I commissioned last year a study of this project by the Bland Corporation.

- Based on the findings of the report, my conclusion was that this idea was not a practical deterrent for reasons which, at this moment, must be all too obvious.

[...]

Dr. Strangelove Sound Clip

Dr. Strangelove cover

Sound clips of the best quotes and sound fx from the Dr. Strangelove (1964) movie soundboard. All the audio clips are in wav and mp3 format.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove), George C. Scott (General Buck Turgidson), Sterling Hayden (General Jack D. Ripper), Slim Pickens (Major T. J. "King" Kong)

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