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Quotes by Vietnamese Authors
"You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it."
10
"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."
4
"And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe."
2
"All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations."
2
"We have been waiting for you so that we could turn over the government."
2
"We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to."
1
"I've never heard of any president being so close to his people."
1
"This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam."
1
"Well, we think the broadcasts did have some effect, because we see the antiwar movement in the U.S. building up, growing and so we think that our broadcast is a support to this antiwar movement."
1
"Under the process of ongoing globalization, advantages are, in the main, created for a minority of countries and development centres as well as powerful transnational companies."
1
"I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one."
"American GIs don't fight this unjust immoral and illegal war of Johnson's."
"We never expected the show to be this great. We think it is successful because kids can identify."
"As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness."
"As part of our renewal - we need to fight problems, not just wait for them to take place."
"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake."
"But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days?"
"Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena."
"By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam."
"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."
"I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese."
"After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment."
"If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes."
"The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men."
"The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble."
"Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace."
"By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies."
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