William Westmoreland Quotes
As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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Provision must be made for the extension of speedy and effective assistance when any African State is threatened with military aggression. We cannot rely solely on international morality.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
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The effort of every time I put out a video, it was like, 'Okay, I've got to put it on my Facebook, I've got to put it on my website, what's the view count now? What's the view count now? What's the view count now?' You get obsessive with it.
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Government is waging war against the people.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.
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The best answer to the question, 'What is the most effective method of teaching?' is that it depends on the goal, the student, the content, and the teacher. But the next best answer is, 'Students teaching other students.'
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Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.
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I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
