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129 Vietnam War quotes by 105 unique authors

One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had… — Walter Dean Myers
No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. — Richard M. Nixon
In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was… — Yoko Ono
When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach… — Samantha Power
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage… — Thomas Sowell
I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. — Benjamin Spock
I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I… — Radhanath Swami
President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone. — William Westmoreland
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 to… — John Wooden
The Contessa was surely way ahead of her time, too, in believing that men were not only usless and idiotic, but downright dangerous. That idea… — Kurt Vonnegut
Fathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was," I said. He… — Kurt Vonnegut
With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought… — Steven Erikson
My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of work and relax?… — Meg Cabot
Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes. — Kurt Vonnegut
Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to… — Jackson Katz
Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of… — Martin Jacques
During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam fell… — Ben Shapiro
There was a time when liberalism was identified with anti-Communism. But the Vietnam War led liberals into the arms of the Left, which had been… — Dennis Prager
I left the Democratic Party basically on issues of national security during the end of the Vietnam War. — Jim Webb
Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought… — Harold E. Varmus
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War. — Joel Kinnaman
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to… — Robert Shapiro
We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it. — Bob Livingston

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