#vietnam

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #vietnam




The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans.


Howard Fineman


#even #good #good idea #idea #like

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.


Jane Fonda


#brave #challenge #end #go #going

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


J. William Fulbright


#biggest lesson #could #government #had #i

We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.


J. William Fulbright


#any #available #cannot #certainly #force

What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact.


J. William Fulbright


#cannot #cultural #economic #fear #i

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.


Ang Lee


#asia #cold #cold war #course #extension

Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.


Sheila Jackson Lee


#better #doing #exchanging #human #human rights

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.


Maya Lin


#because #building #business #i #into

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.


Maya Lin


#anything #because #deliberately #did #eclipsed

What is in the Constitution is the burning desire and aspiration of all the people of Vietnam. So for the moment, we don't think about opposition parties.


Nong Duc Manh


#aspiration #burning #burning desire #constitution #desire