American Quote by Noam Chomsky

America lost its face with the debacle of the Vietnam War.

— Tiny Tim

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

— Richard M. Nixon

It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record…

— Jonathan Schell

If the war has faded into history, democracy's defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations.

— Nguyen Cao Ky

Vietnam was a palpable failure. And of course, in retrospect, it was even more clearly a disaster and a failure than maybe people understood…

— Robert Dallek

We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraq resent being invaded and know the ground better than we do.

— Wendell Berry

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

— George McGovern

I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter…

— John McCain

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

— Richard M. Nixon

Vietnam and Iraq are part of the same national trauma and delusion; we folded the war up when Reagan became president and unpacked it…

— David Means

Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of…

— Tom Hayden

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It…

— James Hillman