The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that. Robert Hass addressdoubtfulfeel Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it. Henry A. Kissinger abstractemphasizeinterest Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War soured President Johnson's legacy. We still have to recognize his domestic legacy. Gene Green domesticjohnsonlegacy Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off. Craig Venter destroyeliminateexperience Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school. Robert Shapiro causecontinuedeferment Change image and share on social
The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it. Bob Livingston happenlubbockpinch Change image and share on social
The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community - to take this seat and give it to this Van Tran, who is very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic. Loretta Sanchez anticommunitygive share on social
The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that. George Wald dieeffecthave share on social
The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. Ho Chi Minh aggressiondeeplyface Change image and share on social
The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese, the French, and now the Americans. Noam Chomsky aggressionamericanchinese Change image and share on social
