“I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.” SaidWarReasonAmericaPresidentWifeTroubleYouthExplanationVietnam Author:Eartha Kitt
“Part of the reason might be that I was born in 1954 and I look upon my youth with great fondness, like many old men. And, though my work doesn't focus much on good things, I see that period as America's heyday. True, we had many problems, like racism and Vietnam, but we still weren't quite as nuts as we seem to be now.” MenLooksStillsReasonProblemSeemsMightAmericaBornFocusYouthPeriodsRacismGood ThingsLook UpOld ManNutsVietnamFondnessHeyday Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo - against the old line and the new old line. It's the same exact thing today.” PeopleMadeWarTodayTogetherLinesYouthVietnamStatus QuoVietnam WarUnified Author:Neil Young
“The Vietnam War was so obviously evil and bore down most heavily upon working class youth that it made me think about things more deeply than I had before. It disillusioned me completely and forever about the government. And it made me aware that the media and the government lied almost as a matter of course. But it also opened my eyes to what was really going on in America.” ThinkingMadeWarMatterGovernmentEyeAmericaCoursesEvilClassForeverMediaYouthVietnamBoresWorking ClassLiedVietnam WarDisillusioned Author:Michael Yates
“I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.” WarYouthBabyProudVietnamVietnam WarMy Baby Author:Benjamin Spock