Famous quotes containing the words vietnam war, covered, vietnam and/or war:
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
—Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)
“Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 12:2.
“Thats just the trouble, Sam Houstonits always my move. And damnit, I sometimes cant tell whether Im making the right move or not. Now take this Vietnam mess. How in the hell can anyone know for sure whats right and whats wrong, Sam?”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (19081973)
“You went to meet the shells embrace of fire
On Vimy Ridge; and when you fell that day
The war seemed over more for you than me,
But now for me than you the other way.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)