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I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.


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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.

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.



It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.



Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.



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

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



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

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



War is fear cloaked in courage.

War is fear cloaked in courage.



Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.



They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.

They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.



This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.

This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.



We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.

We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.





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It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.



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No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.



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Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.



I would rather obey than work miracles.

I would rather obey than work miracles.



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Is there a man in the world who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race?



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I don't really read that much stuff about myself anyways, because I feel as though you then develop this mind-set of just making sure other people would approve of your decisions.



But a man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with only an argument. ... If we can lead people into the manifest presence of God, all false theological houses of cards will tumble down.

But a man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with only an argument. ... If we can lead people into the manifest presence of God, all false theological houses of cards will tumble down.




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