Quotes and Sayings about Vietnam

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

You lied about fighting in the Vietnam War. It's like punching the American flag in the face!

These are the true events of November, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. A place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand.

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.

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.

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

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

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Vietnam - and that's practically the same thing.

A day of traveling will bring a basketful of learning.

It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Yeah. But seriously, a nutless monkey could do your job.

I don't read the script. The script reads me.

We who have seen war will never stop seeing it. In the silence of the night we will always hear the screams.

Lt. Col. Hal Moore: "I think you oughta get yourself an M-16."
Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley: "Sir, if the time comes I need one, there'll be plenty lying on the ground."

I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

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.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction "Love the neighbor as thyself."

My heart aches watching Donald Trump... pouring his heart out... How can anyone doubt his sincerity?

You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

If you're a homeless, alcoholic Scott and you had tourettes... how would they ever know?

Canada also helped in two world wars and gave the world Neil Young, William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, one quarter of Barney Stinson, instant mashed potatoes and best of all - you.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare. Neither knew chocolate. The Swiss are known for nonviolence. They are also known for superb chocolate.

Life is too short to learn German.

They say God invented whiskey to stop the Irish from rulin' the world.

Australia... home of every animal that seems like it should already be extinct.

People moving to Norway has made Norway richer, economically, but also our culture has become more rich in many ways.

You need to find yourself a nice French boyfriend. That's the best way to learn the language. In bed.

We need to stop the Islamisation of the Netherlands.