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"I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in 

the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism 

includes protest, not just military service." John 

Kerry

This quote is stating that Vietnam will be a 

constant struggle. John Kerry is stating that not 

only are the soldiers struggling, but the people 

back home protesting are too. This quote is 

against the war because of how the war is 

negatively impacting America.

"No event in American history is more 

misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was 

misreported then, and it is misremembered 

now." Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon is stating that Vietnam was a 

very misunderstood war. He believes that 

Vietnam was not covered thoroughly by the 

media and people misinterpreted it. This quote 

defends the Vietnam war, and tries to tell 

people it wasn't as bad as everyone says it 

was.

"One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam 

War was that the depiction of wounded 

soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their 

living guards, had a negative effect on the 

viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically 

banned the photographing of wounded soldiers 

and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and 

bloody conflict." Walter Dean Myers

This quote is stating that many lives where lost 

during the war. This quote is against the war 

and tries to inform people of the horror that our 

soldiers had to endure. Walter Myers states 

that photography was banned because they 

didn't want people to see the horrific images of 

war and wanted to prevent protests.

"Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the 

success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is 

not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not 

domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent 

the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by 

North Vietnam." Lyndon B. Johnson

The American Dream has run out of gas. The 

car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world 

with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No 

more. It's over. It supplies the world with its 

nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, 

Watergate, Vietnam. J. G. Ballard

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