Canadian Quote by John Charles Polanyi

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

— Noam Chomsky

Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary…

— Ban Ki-moon

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could…

— J William Fulbright

The men in Vietnam weren't allowed to fight the war with any kind of concern to win by the government. It was like a…

— Sylvester Stallone

The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.

— Walter Cronkite

The implied threat of using nuclear weapons to curb guerrillas was as absurd as to talk of using a sledge hammer to ward off…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.

— Richard N. Haass

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

— Bruce Jackson

The U.S. directed the war against South Vietnam. There was a political settlement in 1954. But in the late '50's the United States organized…

— Noam Chomsky

The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were a very…

— Robert McFarlane

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.

— J. William Fulbright

The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.

— George Bernard Shaw