The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.

A poet must learn to wage war.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism