William Westmoreland Military Quotes

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• War is fear cloaked in courage.

  William Westmoreland

  Peace, Military, War

• The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

  William Westmoreland

  Peace, Fear, Military

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• Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Tv News, Cameras

• I don't take criticism lying down.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Lying, Criticism

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Thinking, Troops

• 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.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Offensive, Made

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Asia, Communist

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Vietnam, Engagement

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Men, Should Have

• 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.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, War, Character

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, People

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

  William Westmoreland

  Brother, Military, War

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

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Names, Memorial

• When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

  William Westmoreland

  Inspiring, Memories, Military

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