We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

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I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in...

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in...

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a...

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a...

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with...

Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with...

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a...

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a...

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good...

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good...

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an...

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an...

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to...

People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to...

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater...

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater...

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole...

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole...

You remember all those phrases about how hese people - Asians - don't value human...

You remember all those phrases about how hese people - Asians - don't value human...

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI,...

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI,...

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we...

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we...

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively...

There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively...

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a...

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a...

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the...

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the...

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the...

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the...

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors...

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors...