The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.
- Eric Alterman
Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission.
- Lindy Boggs
I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history.
- John Sherman Cooper
President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.
- Daniel Ellsberg
I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.
- J William Fulbright
President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.
- Wilbur Mills
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.
- Richard M Nixon
President Johnson offered the middle of the road.
- Lew Wasserman
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
- Eric Alterman
Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission.
- Lindy Boggs
I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history.
- John Sherman Cooper
President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.
- Daniel Ellsberg
I'm sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he'd ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.
- J William Fulbright
President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.
- Wilbur Mills
President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.
- Richard M Nixon
President Johnson offered the middle of the road.
- Lew Wasserman
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
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