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Top 27 William Westmoreland Quotes in 2020

By: Quotes Guru | Last Updated: June 19, 2020

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

― William Westmoreland

“It’s the first war we’ve ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.”

― William Westmoreland

“Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.”

― William Westmoreland

“Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.”

― William Westmoreland

“When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care – and to the mail.”

― William Westmoreland

“Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

“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

“We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

“The military don’t start wars. Politicians start wars.”

― William Westmoreland

“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

“I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.”

― William Westmoreland

“War is fear cloaked in courage.”

― William Westmoreland

“I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn’t know what I was being lynched for.”

― William Westmoreland

“It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

“I don’t think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.”

― William Westmoreland

“We had the best food any battlefield ever had.”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

“I don’t take criticism lying down.”

― William Westmoreland

“I haven’t yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.”

― William Westmoreland

“My wife was my greatest asset. I didn’t marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I’ve ever had.”

― William Westmoreland

“By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

“As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion – and I worried about it.”

― William Westmoreland

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

― William Westmoreland

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