One of the things I am most proud of is refusing to serve in the military when drafted during the Vietnam War. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I built bridges and worked for the army and SAS in Vietnam and Zimbabwe. I also sold watches and Jaguars in the… — Bob Christo Copy Share Image
I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, it was a bad time to be in the military. It was the time of Vietnam, but… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
“One thing that became very clear during my own war service is that those who are actively taking part in war-like activities… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I think that 20 years ago, not too many people would imagine a meeting - interesting meeting, a substantive meeting between the… — Nguyen Phu Trong Copy Share Image
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I joined the People's Armed Forces in 1961 to 1984, and I was also a soldier in the southern battle of Vietnam… — Nguyen Tan Dung Copy Share Image
When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
During Richard Nixon’s first term, when I served as secretary of defense, we withdrew U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the… — Melvin Laird Copy Share Image
Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the tendency is for people to try to blame everything on TV, the Pill or Vietnam, just because that's the… — Mike Connors Copy Share Image
Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
If the war has faded into history, democracy's defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations. — Nguyen Cao Ky Copy Share Image
“Before terminating at the Berlin Wall, the front in the Cold War ran through the hellish jungles of Vietnam to the oases… — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
On my discharge, I had the challenge of putting my life back together but Vietnam stuck in the inner recesses of my… — Doug Rice Copy Share Image
...(Charles) Reich discredits reason because it has been used to justify the war in Vietnam, which is like deciding that because your… — Molly Haskell Copy Share Image
By 1973, John Kerry had already accused American soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, thrown someone else's medals to the ground… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable. — U Thant Copy Share Image
“Hell had been his Vietnam. It had stamped its mark on him for all eternity, and no amount of denial or self-imposed… — Joe Schreiber Copy Share Image
[democrats] hated Richard Nixon, and no wonder. It was Nixon who sent Alger Hiss to jail, and Nixon who waged the Vietnam… — David Frum Copy Share Image
I dropped out in '64. And I came back to Michigan, in '65. In 1965, when I came back I had never… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
People take sides on political things, such as the Vietnam War. War is immoral and war is wrong, but I don't think… — Warren Giles Copy Share Image
I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Most of my stuff was sort of of-the-time. 'The Crazies' was, basically, we were angry about Vietnam, and it had a reason… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
One of the greatest injustices of the Vietnam era is the way our veterans were treated when they returned home. This compounded… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
I have to admit it that the large quantity of US money poured into Vietnam provoked ii...a lot of bad habits. — Bui Diem Copy Share Image
By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
'Turn to Stone' was written about the Nixon administration and the Vietnam War and the protesting that was going on and all… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and… — Neil Sheehan Copy Share Image
Some Kennedy aides have always insisted that Johnson misread J.F.K.'s plans for Vietnam. They say that Kennedy had begun to rethink the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The lessons I learned in Vietnam and in the NFL reinforced one another: teamwork, sacrifice, responsibility, accountability, and leadership. — Rocky Bleier Copy Share Image