How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Quote #10
STRANGELOVE: Yes, but the... whole point of the doomsday machine... is lost... if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, eh?
DESADESKI: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
The Doomsday Machine is paradoxically supposed to reduce the threat of total annihilation because it would act as the ultimate deterrent. What these kinds of sophisticated systems don't account for is the rogue military guy who goes berserk and attacks anyway. And the Premier likes surprises…another one of those juxtapositions of the silly and the serious that makes the film great.