William Westmoreland Quotes

American - Soldier | March 26, 1914 - July 18, 2005

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

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Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

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We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

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Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

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The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

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

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It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.

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I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.

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I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

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We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

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As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.

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War is fear cloaked in courage.

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