Aggression Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent a political settlement…

— Noam Chomsky

The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight…

— Robert McNamara

We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We do this in order to slow down aggression. We do this to increase the confidence of the brave people of South Vietnam who…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Every book that comes out, every article that comes out, talks about how - while it may have been a "mistake" or an "unwise…

— Noam Chomsky

What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe…

— Walter F. Mondale

This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war…

— Francis Spellman

From the United States, Vietnam is looking for two things. One of them is a very stable and continuing to expand economic relationship. Secondly,…

— Michael W. Michalak

Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that is very…

— Noam Chomsky

In our fervor to halt the potential spread of totalitarianism, what incredible precedent are we setting in Vietnam? By marching our legions through the…

— Robert Vaughn

In Vietnam, America fought one whose communism was driven by an underlying nationalism, the desire to live free of the West. Whatever one may…

— Shelby Steele