“The brave men and women, who serve their country and as a result, live constantly with the war inside them, exist in… — Robert Koger Copy Share Image
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Coming of age in the 1960s, I heard the word 'fascist' all the time. College presidents were fascists; Vietnam War supporters were… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost - every respectable… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Lady, did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without bleeding?” This film came out at the height of the Vietnam… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
“I always liked your piety, Jack.” “I’m a lot cuter than the women of your generation,” Betsy said, playing up to Capers… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I'd been a child during the 1960s when women burned their bras and hundreds of thousands gathered in protests against the Vietnam… — Lynn Hill Copy Share Image
“There are days when I almost forget that I fought in that war. It was such a long time ago. I was… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Take a Somalian toddler. She has a 20% probability of dying before reaching the age of five. Now compare: American frontline soldiers… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“It was the senior stew's position to be at the top of the ramp when the men got off in Vietnam. But… — Christian G. Appy Copy Share Image
“Addiction is a human problem that resides in people, not in the drug or in the drug’s capacity to produce physical effects,”… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Why was I in a basement saying, "I'm alone here," wielding a lead pipe and crowbars? It was like I was doing… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War was in full swing, the Air Force wanted me and I wanted out of Flint, so three years in… — Doug Rice Copy Share Image
The Contessa was surely way ahead of her time, too, in believing that men were not only usless and idiotic, but downright… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War was taking place, which was raising all sorts of questions in the United States, and it was forcing Asian-Americans… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, we got a Labor government that put more emphasis on trade with Asia; the Vietnam war ended, and refugees… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
“From the perspective of nearly half a century, the Battle of Hue and the entire Vietnam War seem a tragic and meaningless… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Saints and bodhisattvas may achieve what Christians call mystical union or Buddhists call satori--a perpetual awareness of the force at the heart… — Scott Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“One of the most frustrating aspects of the Vietnam war from the Army's point of view is that as far as logistics… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Bradlee had been recruited with the idea that the New York Times need nod exercise absolute preeminence in American journalism. That vision… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
We forget now, but during his life, Dr. King wasn't always considered a unifying figure. Even after rising to prominence, even after… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“Only the myopic magnifying lens of the television camera maintains the demonstration, march, and picketing as a modality of political expression; they… — Trevor Boddy Copy Share Image
“They stared at each other. Every ocean, every river, every minute they had walked together was in their gaze. He said nothing… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Groups have powerful self-reinforcing mechanisms at work. These can lead to group polarization—a tendency for members of the group to end up… — James Montier Copy Share Image
Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many… — Steve Stivers Copy Share Image
“After World War Two, the Australian army had been re-organised into its peace-time army status. The army was primarily three battalions which… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I think that the Vietnam War era is important because we tend not to want to revisit it. For black people, there… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
“Karzai stands in relation to the Afghanistan War as Ngo Dinh Diem stands in relation to the Vietnam War: His credentials as… — Andrew J. Bacevich Copy Share Image
I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
One of the questions asked in that study was, How many Vietnamese casualties would you estimate that there were during the Vietnam… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image