#vietnam

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#learned #lessons #loss #our #out

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#i #involved #knew #making #nixon

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

I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married. ↗

— Joe Namath

#get married #go #i #married #rather

And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#chi #every #his #imprint #just

Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#french #joined #member #party #political

Belize suits me because I'm active and I like diving. I learnt when I was 18, in Thailand, and I have dived in Vietnam, which wasn't great, the Red Sea, which was incredible and reasonably priced, and then the Maldives, which is like being submerged in an aquarium. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#because #being #diving #great #i

I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#active #books #chance #could #country

I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement. ↗

— Jon Voight

#brought #caught #during #era #hysteria

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived. ↗

— Mort Walker

#army #attacking #both #both sides #experiences