“There was no such thing as the Vietnam War. This rather surprising statement is in fact 100% true - on a technicality.… — Jack Goldstein Copy Share Image
As a wife and sister of veterans, I know our Vietnam era veterans sacrificed much in service of our country, and I… — Young Kim Copy Share Image
[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
Philip Jones Griffith documented the Vietnam War, and through his images that were published in Time Life Magazine, it showed me the… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Heart had originally relocated to Vancouver because Mike evaded the draft to protest the Vietnam war. We had to deal with a… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
“Mertins frequently upset his handlers, often selling to countries that were considered, at the very least, anti-American. His relationship with US Intelligence… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
In the '50s, a lot of stories were built around radiation and the proliferation of new technology. In the '70s, there were… — Jim Lee 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
“When I say my wound became political in the years that followed, I don't mean that my involvement in the anti-war movement… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
“The Mozart sonata Dad picked out begins to play. When we hear the first note, we open the sacks and the ladybugs… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
“He says when you're smoking a cigarette with someone, and you have a lighter, you should light their cigarette first. But if… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Of the things I had not known when I started out, I think the most important was the degree to which the… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
There is a residual sense for me, having grown up in the early '70s, that I did not know I had, which… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Unlike Hirsi Ali, Ayers was not banned from college campuses; instead he was revered on them—another reason why my sit-down with him… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Richard Dreyfuss, when we were doing 'American Graffiti,' was pumping me to vote for McGovern. But I think I wound up going… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
Books I like: John McPhee's 'Coming Into the Country,' Michael Herr's 'Dispatches about the Vietnam War,' and Evan S. Connell's 'Son of… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
“Each day of war takes us farther from all we could hope to be or do. We gain nothing but heartbreak, and… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“The Vietnam War was the boiling point of our generation. Young people of courage and commitment often chose opposite courses of action.… — Mark Anthony Sullivan Copy Share Image
“The French suffered 531,000 casualties (dead, wounded and captured) in those three months, roughly as many as in the eight months of… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
“The combat during the war was only a part of the horror. When soldiers came home, they were faced with new challenges,… — Helen Picca Copy Share Image
Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“Ten days passed, ten days of total idleness. The novelty of our surroundings wore off and the battalion began to suffer from… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the [Vietnam] War. And so I wanted to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War was so obviously evil and bore down most heavily upon working class youth that it made me think about… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
“Reporters were ill paid in those days and lacked the resources in staff or money to dig deeply into McCarthy's charges. The… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end… — Unita Blackwell Copy Share Image
“The end of something, that specific mid-century American upper-middle-class WASP East Coast thing, the mercantile remnant of the Puritans, the ruling class… — Henry Bromell Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“I mean, remember what the Vietnam War was fought for, after all. The Vietnam War was fought to prevent Vietnam from becoming… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The United States became engaged in hostilities with North Vietnam on November 1, 1955, when President Eisenhower deployed the Military Assistance Advisory… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
I think most of us secretly know – and those of us at the radical middle are inclined to say – that… — Mark Satin Copy Share Image
If you look back to the anti-intervention movements, what were they? Let's take the Vietnam War - the biggest crime since the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Just a decade before, in the wake of the Vietnam War and with his agency’s budget slashed, Stephen Lukasik had appealed to… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“We were children of the 1950s and John Kennedy's young stalwarts of the early 1960s. He told the world that Americans would… — Joseph L. Galloway Copy Share Image
“Your own politicians make our Dr. Goebbels look like a child playing with picture books in a kindergarten. They speak of morality… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Look for some peace organization to join. It will look small at first, and pitiful and helpless, but that’s how movements start.… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
![“[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo - against the old line and the new old line. It's the same exact thing today.” quote by Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffa/neil-young-969_lines_vietnam-war-brought-the-people-together_1551428.jpg)
![“My very first venture was a national student magazine to try to campaign against the [Vietnam] War. And so I wanted to be an editor. I wanted to bring the magazine out. And in order for the magazine to survive I had to worry about the printing and the paper manufacturing and the distribution. And…” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/675/richard-branson-256_campaigns_my-very-first-venture-was-a-national-stu_83658.jpg)
![“I think most of us secretly know – and those of us at the radical middle are inclined to say – that without such concepts as duty and honor and service, no civilization can endure. ... I suspect most Americans would respond positively to a [draft] if it gives us some choice in how to exercise that…” quote by Mark Satin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/309/mark-satin-92303_choices_i-think-most-of-us-secretly-know-and-tho_1974101.jpg)
