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Vietnam Quotes (page 5)

R. Lee Ermey quote: "Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days."
Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days. R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey quote: "Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America."
Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America. R. Lee Ermey
Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam. R. Lee Ermey
There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare. Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg quote: "Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved..."
Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg
I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam. Roma Downey
Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise. James Donald
In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China. Anna Louise Strong
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq..."
One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the..."
I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that. George McGovern
George McGovern quote: "I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster,..."
I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. George McGovern
The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were a very bad way to conduct a war, and that indeed, if that was going to be our practice, that we shouldn't wage conflict again. Robert McFarlane
We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans. Jim McDermott
He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam. James Stockdale

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