Ability Quote by Robert McNamara

Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases,…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Vietnam was a terrible mistake for the United States. But like Iraq, Vietnam was a badly chosen battlefield in a larger conflict with totalitarianism…

— Jacob Weisberg

Vietnam is no longer a war, it's a country. I think that that's very important to understand. And the Vietnamese - last time a…

— Michael W. Michalak

I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Vietnam was really an idealistic thing to stop the spread of communism, which, incidentally, it did. It was a pretty costly way to do…

— Tom Wolfe

The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using…

— Henry Kissinger

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

Vietnam is unique of all the countries in the world, I believe, in having the longest continuous struggle against foreign aggression of any country…

— Tom Hayden

I believe that the United States has no possible ability to pacify the Vietnamese people, win support for Thieu, win a political victory or…

— David Dellinger

Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was the war…

— Noam Chomsky

I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority, to show…

— Stephen King