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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 1918
AUTHOR: Dwight David Eisenhower (1890–1969)
QUOTATION: I say when you get into a war, you should win as quick as you can, because your losses become a function of the duration of the war. I believe when you get in a war, get everything you need and win it.
ATTRIBUTION: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, news conference, Indio, California, March 15, 1968, as reported in The New York Times, March 16, 1968, p. 15.
SUBJECTS: War