Laos Quote by Roger Hilsman

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

And I think that Vietnameese see the United States as a source of markets, as a source of technology and as a source of…

— Michael W. Michalak

I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.

— U Thant

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

— Richard M. Nixon

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

It is a damned sight easier to start wars than to end them. This truth has been stated for as long and as often…

— Malcolm Forbes

We South Vietnamese, we are very concerned about the ah, the fact that the communists are - were very shrewd in trying to take…

— Bui Diem

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one…

— Ho Chi Minh

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

The United States can certainly defeat North Vietnam, but the United States cannot defeat a guerrilla war which is being raged from a sanctuary…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski