William Westmoreland

“War is fear cloaked in courage.”

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

“We had the best food any battlefield ever had.”

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

“My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.”

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

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

“By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?”

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

“In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.”

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

“Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.”

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

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

“I don't take criticism lying down.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.”