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Vietnam Quotes

A country shaped by war and rediscovery.

These Vietnam quotes span a stark wartime warning and a novelist's admission of writing combat scenes never personally lived. Read more in our About quotes.

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.

Quotes by William Colby

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

Quotes by Tracy Kidder

Fonda was neither wrong nor unconscionable in what she said and did in North Vietnam.

Quotes by Tom Hayden

I'd love to go to Indonesia, Bali, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

Quotes by Tamzin Outhwaite

About Quotes

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.

Quotes by Robert Dallek

Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam.

Quotes by Robert Dallek

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Quotes by R. Lee Ermey

After Quotes

I would like to dive in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Quotes by Neil Morrissey

McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.

Quotes by Morley Safer

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

Quotes by Michael Herr

John Kerry's service did not end in Vietnam. It began there.

Quotes by Max Cleland

When you have a democratically elected president of Iran you don't topple him for the Shah. You don't help topple Arbenz in Guatemala. You don't do what we did in Vietnam, etc.

Quotes by Matt Gonzalez

Alongside Quotes

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

Quotes by Madeleine Albright

Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war.

Quotes by John Pilger

Class was always the domestic issue during the Vietnam War, not communism.

Quotes by John Gregory Dunne

I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.

Quotes by Joe Namath

I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

Quotes by Jim Webb

Always Quotes

Millions also perished in the Chinese camps, and there have been terrible genocides in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Quotes by Jean-Marie Le Pen

Frequently Asked Questions

What angles on Vietnam appear in this topic?
They range from grim wartime assessments to personal reflections on writing fiction and modern travel interests.
Is there a quote from a wartime perspective?
Yes, one delivers a stark, direct warning about an impending military defeat.
Do any quotes address fiction inspired by the war?
One author admits to writing about combat experiences they never personally lived through.
Is there a lighter, travel-related quote?
Yes, one expresses interest in diving trips through Vietnam and neighboring Cambodia.
Which topic offers related historical context?
Our About quotes cover broader reflective commentary that touches on similar eras.

A lighter entry looks forward to diving trips through Vietnam and nearby Cambodia. For related reads, see our After and Always quotes.