Vietnam Veteran Quotes:

Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.

- Max Cleland

topic: War, Soul, Soldier, Vietnam Veteran, Good Soldiers

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

- George Washington

topic: Military, War, People, Memorial Day Soldiers, Military Memorial

Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.

- Zach Wamp

topic: Thank You, Memorial Day, Prayer, Veteran Appreciation, Veteran's Day

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

- R. Lee Ermey

topic: America, Vietnam, Veteran, Vietnam Veteran

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

- Robert Jay Lifton

topic: War, Vietnam, Veteran, Vietnam Veteran

But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics.

- Tim Holden

topic: Struggle, America, Brave, Medics, Vietnam Veteran

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

- Mary Chapin Carpenter

topic: Land, America, Campaigns, Free World, Vietnam Veteran

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

- Richard M. Nixon

topic: Military, War, Misunderstood, Vietnam War, Pro War

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

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.

- George H. W. Bush

topic: War, Vietnam, Way, Marching On, Vietnam Veteran

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

- Barbara Bush

topic: Veterans Day, Work, Home, Wounded Veterans, Wounded Warrior

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

- William Westmoreland

topic: Confused, Silly, Thinking, Confused Mind, Vietnam War

I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting the air and water of the planet are what make me want to travel back in geologic time-to witness the shaping of the earth before man.

- Maya Lin

source: Quoted in Smithsonian Magazine, Aug. 1996

topic: Cutting, Men, Air, Vietnam Veteran, Air And Water

I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of the things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm...very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families.

- Jane Fonda

source: "Fox 411: 'Hanoi Jane': An Urban Myth Re-Examined". www.foxnews.com. January 31, 2001.

topic: Hurt, Sorry, Pain, Vietnam Veteran