“The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.” TwoImportantAgePoliticalHouseCausesBoysRightsMovementClimateCivil RightsVietnamCivil Rights Movement Author:Al Franken
“Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.” ShouldWarPeaceBoysShould HaveVietnamVietnam WarGod HelpTexanAlamo Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.” WantWarRunningAmericaFeltBoysInvolvedVietnamRunning AwayGet InvolvedVietnam War Author:Eartha Kitt
“We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.” HomeBoysOughtThousandMilesVietnamAsianVietnam WarMiles AwayAway From HomeThousand Miles Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“When I was a boy we didn't wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner.” BoysWake UpDinnerLunchVietnamCongoCyprus Author:Lyndon B. Johnson