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

I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .

I don't take criticism lying down.

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

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

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

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