[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Echos of Vietnam

[brad haslett]

"While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not
negotiate freedom." 

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is
composed of two characters -- one represents danger
and one represents opportunity." 

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of
the free: we pledge our word that one form of colonial
control shall not have passed away merely to be
replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not
always expect to find them supporting our view. But we
shall always hope to find them strongly supporting
their own freedom. . .and to remember that. . .in the
past. . .those who foolishly sought power by riding
the back of the tiger ended up inside…

JFK


Brad Haslett


--- Bill Effros <bill@effros.com> wrote:
> "I believe that one of the reasons for the deep
> division about Vietnam is that many Americans have
> lost confidence in what the government has told them
> about our policy. The American people cannot and
> should not be asked to support a policy which
> involves the overriding issues of war and peace
> unless they know the truth about that policy."
> 
> 
>   Richard M. Nixon
>   President of the United States
>   Washington, D.C.
>   November 3, 1969
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