Mike Mansfield quotes

Mike Mansfield quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War.”
-- Mike Mansfield

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“The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don't see coming.”
-- Mike Mansfield

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“We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.”
-- Mike Mansfield

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“Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.”

Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide...”
“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!”
“Once you have your practice and you have your mechanics, you must be able to go out there and trust your mechanics.”
“I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.”

Source : "Abbas Kiarostami's best shot". Interview with Abbas Kiarostami, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2009.
“Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.”
“I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.”
“Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.”
“One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.”
“I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.”

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