“Our lives are a story shaped by circumstance, twisted by Fate, and ultimately judged by how we reacted.” — Mary Marchese Copy Share Image
When I began writing poems, it was in the late 60s and early 70s when the literary and cultural atmosphere was very… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other… — Tom Johnson Copy Share Image
I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam… — Max Cleland Copy Share Image
A photograph can make you feel so many different things. When you look at war photographs of Vietnam, or something similar, it… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Vietnam was a palpable failure. And of course, in retrospect, it was even more clearly a disaster and a failure than maybe… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“If one morning in the Spring, a stranger came and said to me, Your mother, father, brother, sister, uncle, lover, friend, is… — Lê Thi Diem Thúy Copy Share Image
“A French lieutenant was asked by the commander of the French forces, “Jean, it seems to me that many people are only… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
Have you ever had any anger about President Bush - who spent his time during the Vietnam War in the National Guard… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
I felt only a conservative president could bring peace in Vietnam 'cause he wouldn't be accused of being soft on communism. — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
“I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
I am sure that the experience of growing up in the heart of the working class and learning from my parents, and… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
For over ten years, bombs rained down on every village and hamlet in South Vietnam, and no one budged. It took the… — Vernon A. Walters Copy Share Image
This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it… — Richard M. Nixon 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
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of… — Oliver North 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 had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it. — Robert Vaughn Copy Share Image
