Arrested Quote by Bill Ayers

It's worth remembering that in 1965, something like 20% of Americans were against the war. Something like 70% were for the war. So, it…

— Bill Ayers

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed…

— John Wooden

I thought in 1965 that my job was to convince most Americans to be against the war. So I spent summers knocking on doors,…

— Bill Ayers

In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, '69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam. But it's…

— Noam Chomsky

A lot of people were ambivalent about Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson in 1964 positioned himself as the peace candidate. Once Johnson sent large amounts of…

— H. W. Brands

I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in…

— Anonymous

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

— Noam Chomsky

Survey data suggest that war has become more unpopular. The majority of the American people now think it was a mistake, in a shift…

— Andrew Greeley

I say openly that I am an anti-war person, with the point being, show me some reason not to be against this war. You…

— Seymour Hersh

Hating war in Vietnam in 1965 was minority position.

— Bill Ayers

The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S.…

— George McGovern

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

— Robert Vaughn