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"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."

"Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country's well-being."

"Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in."
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"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning."

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

"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."

"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."

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

"When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail."

"President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone."

"The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names."
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