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title: "3 South Vietnamese Quotes By Bui Diem"
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> [We South Vietnamese, we are very concerned about the ah, the fact that the communists are - were very shrewd in trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/we-south-vietnamese-we-are-very-concerned-about-the-ah-the-fact-that/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/bui-diem-50983_advantage_we-south-vietnamese-we-are-very-concerne_188316.jpg)

> [The South Vietnamese were perhaps a little bit slow in doing things, they jump on, on the problem and they try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/the-south-vietnamese-were-perhaps-a-little-bit-slow-in-doing-things/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/bui-diem-50983_bits_the-south-vietnamese-were-perhaps-a-litt_999579.jpg)

> [The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/the-way-the-americans-behaved-created-among-the-south-vietnamese-a/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

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## More by Bui Diem

> [We South Vietnamese, we are very concerned about the ah, the fact that the communists are - were very shrewd in trying to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/we-south-vietnamese-we-are-very-concerned-about-the-ah-the-fact-that/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [The South Vietnamese were perhaps a little bit slow in doing things, they jump on, on the problem and they try to do themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/the-south-vietnamese-were-perhaps-a-little-bit-slow-in-doing-things/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [The Americans are impatient by nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/the-americans-are-impatient-by-nature/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [With all my traveling around the world I would say that South Vietnam was not as corrupted as people want to talk about it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/with-all-my-traveling-around-the-world-i-would-say-that-south-vietnam/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [I would say that the Vietnamese should remember that they didn't have exactly the same mobility the way the Americans have. They didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/i-would-say-that-the-vietnamese-should-remember-that-they-didn-t-have/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [I have to admit it that the large quantity of US money poured into Vietnam provoked ii...a lot of bad habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/i-have-to-admit-it-that-the-large-quantity-of-us-money-poured-into/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

> [The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bui-diem/the-way-the-americans-behaved-created-among-the-south-vietnamese-a/)

[Bui Diem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bui-diem/)

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