Vietnam Quotes · Page 7

As Vietnam increasingly opens its doors, it will reap the rewards of progress for its people.

— Antony Blinken

Vietnam was not a war of choice the United States had to fight. It was clearly not central.

— Richard N. Haass

“Instead of relishing life, people merely existed. Such was the case with my family.”

— Kien Nguyen

We have to face up to the fact that five administrations have lied to us about Vietnam.

— David Dellinger

I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war.

— Richard M. Nixon

You think Vietnam was bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo.

— Tony Snow

Being in Vietnam changed him [Johnny Cash] fundamentally. He was devastated when we went into Iraq.

— Rosanne Cash

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

— Robert Vaughn

I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the…

— Gerald Scarfe

Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less…

— Ann Coulter

And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in…

— Wilfred Burchett

During the Democratic presidential debate Howard Dean started off by apologizing to the crowd for having a cold. Then John Kerry apologized…

— Conan O'Brien

Fortunately most of the people who were involved in anti-Vietnam activity did not con themselves into being like the violent people they…

— Nat Hentoff

“Vietnam...war...it did something to us. Or maybe not. Maybe the bad seeds were always in me, and war gave them a dark…

— Kristin Hannah

First thing I killed was no kind of thing at all. It was an enemy soldier. Which is a hell of a…

— Steve Mason

As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize that few humans will permit…

— Alan Moore

Apart from the Vietnam War being over, I don't see much reason to change my position... The old are still neglected, the…

— Johnny Cash

Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered…

— Conrad Black

My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of…

— Meg Cabot

In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were…

— Jim Lee

From the outset, when [Ho Chi Minh] became a member of the French Communist Party in 1920, he was an independent thinker…

— William J. Duiker

Hillary Clinton will travel to Vietnam with the president this Friday. It's a fact that at the height of the war in…

— Argus Hamilton

“The United States had complete control of the air over all of Vietnam, and could presumably deliver a decisive blow at will.…

— Mark Bowden

There is a residual sense for me, having grown up in the early '70s, that I did not know I had, which…

— Stephen Colbert

“Best in Print The Quiet American (Graham Greene) Classic novel set in the 1950s as the French empire is collapsing. The Sorrow…

— Lonely Planet

What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to…

— William J. Duiker

I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as…

— William J. Duiker

Understand that this art has been created by few soldiers in Vietnam to escape or reach: and this is the spirit I'd…

— David Belle

I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow…

— Senator John Kerry

“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I…

— Anonymous

Ladies and Gentlemen, we're about to begin boarding. If we could ask for your cooperation, please stay seated until you row has…

— Brian Regan

“No matter the border, the Mekong has been an indiscriminate giver and taker of life in Southeast Asia for thousands of years.…

— Tucker Elliot

I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there.

— Mitt Romney

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

— Marion Barry

I messed up on the Vietnam Special, because I gave it to civilians? Only military men can handle that.

— Si Robertson

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

— Tom Hayden

If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.

— Tom Seaver

Vietnam is the Liberals' favorite was because America lost

— Ann Coulter

After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.

— Heather Wilson

The men and women who served during the Vietnam War are often overlooked.

— Conor Lamb