Bangkok Quote by J. William Fulbright

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 believe Johnson understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the…

— Lew Wasserman

The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president,…

— Eric Alterman

Some Kennedy aides have always insisted that Johnson misread J.F.K.'s plans for Vietnam. They say that Kennedy had begun to rethink the U.S. presence…

— Robert Dallek

The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president,…

— Eric Alterman

I wish that George W. Bush had gone to Vietnam, because he would have seen history in a different light. He would've experienced it…

— Oliver Stone

“The significance of LBJ's personal traits accounted for the growing belief, especially by anti-war activists, that Vietnam was "Johnson's War." His critics are correct…

— James T. Patterson

Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to…

— Stephen Ambrose

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people…

— Robert Caro

I felt only a conservative president could bring peace in Vietnam 'cause he wouldn't be accused of being soft on communism.

— Orson Bean

Lyndon Johnson who was the president who was executing that war, announced in the spring of 1968 that he would not seek the presidency…

— Bill Ayers

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his…

— Stephen Ambrose