Gains Quote by Tom Clancy

The only important lesson from the Vietnam War is this: Democrats lose wars.

— Ann Coulter

We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam.

— Alexander Haig

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could…

— J William Fulbright

I am shocked that we seemed to have learned nothing, absolutely nothing, from Vietnam.

— Michael Dirda

Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge.…

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

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

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

— Robert Jay Lifton

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.

— J. William Fulbright

So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight…

— Paul Begala

I have to admit it that the large quantity of US money poured into Vietnam provoked ii...a lot of bad habits.

— Bui Diem

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

— Ronald Reagan