The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight a limited war, to go to war without the necessity of arousing the public ire.

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?