“So many of the professional foreign policy establishment, and so many of their hangers-on among the lumpen academics and journalists, had become… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When I volunteered for the draft as a 20-year-old, mischievous guy at the height of the Vietnam War, most thought I was… — Dan Pena Copy Share Image
The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“I have to keep my mouth shut about Nam though. All of these guys want to believe they were fighting an honorable… — Bud Rudesill Copy Share Image
Our resistance will be long and painful, but whatever the sacrifices, however long the struggle, we shall fight to the end, until… — Ho Chi Minh Copy Share Image
When John Kennedy was assassinated I was twenty-three, a stockbroker on Wall Street and married, and I never ever thought that politics… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Though the Americans can be fooled, as they have been, and they can be propagandized, as they have been... But, as Lincoln… — Howard Zinn 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
The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of… — Ronald Reagan 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
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We had the Vietnam War in the '60s, and there was a draft. The students didn't believe in it, and it unified… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
“None of us laughed at Helen. Maybe because in 1970 we listened more to new ideas, however sentimental or foolish they sound… — Scott Lax Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering… — Tucker Elliot 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
I was in a community where we were out demonstrating. We were holding vigils against the Vietnam War, in - like, starting… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
“The American soldiers were brave, but courage is not enough. David did not kill Goliath just because he was brave. He looked… — Vo Nguyen Giap Copy Share Image
The impact of the Vietnam War on TV made everyone recognize the importance of visual media. — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
“There was something else amusing about the house: the irony that the most important battle of the American Revolution--the shoot-out at the… — Josh Barkan Copy Share Image
Nixon's genius was that he was able to portray himself as the toughest of the anti-communists, and yet run on a platform… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
