American war Quote by Tom Brokaw

In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.

— Tariq Ali

[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo -…

— Neil Young

A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.

— Camille Paglia

I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Of course, the '60s was a study in decadence. Everything just got worse and worse, and at the end of the '60s, everything was…

— Claes Oldenburg

The Sixties was a perfect storm of disaffection with political leaders trying to pass off the same old platitudes to maintain the status quo…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Certainly there's a huge appeal to the '60s, because it was such a big turning point to everyone. It was the era of change,…

— Margot Robbie

People talk about the 1960s in a nostalgic way, but to me it was terrifying. People were getting assassinated. There was Vietnam. There were…

— Sam Shepard

The '60s was the end of the America that the rest of the world liked.

— Julie Newmar

The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still a culture…

— Tony Judt

I vividly remember the summer of 1964 with its voter registration drives, boiling racial tensions, and the erupting awareness of the cruelty of racism.…

— Sue Monk Kidd

The 60s undoubtedly were the most turbulent years of the century.

— Walter Cronkite