“It was basically a civil rights movement, an anti-war movement. It was a planetary movement against Vietnam. It was in France, in Germany -- everywhere in Europe.”
Vladimir Mijanovic
“Johnny didn’t come marching home from Vietnam; he left his ego and pride, and sprinted home like Carl Lewis.”
Bobby W. Miller
“In the Vietnam War some counted on Jesus, others John Wayne, I went with the only one who would have me, General George S. Patton and General Patton walked me through Vietnam like it was a stroll in a park.”
“Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are worms from hell that gnaws at American patriots in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that we live not in a democracy, but a dictatorship.”
“We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.”
Senator John Kerry
“While growing up, on the news every night was the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement. We were all talking about what was happening when Kennedy got killed and King got killed. The whole Watergate thing with Nixon was big.”
Eugene Dial
“Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.”
Mary Frances Berry
