#si

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#anything #big #bottle #guy #half

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#feel #i #i feel #know #me

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#armies #defensive #endlessly #enemy #field

During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#colonial #decisions #during #fifties #french

From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#communism #considered #inception #only #south

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#falling #heights #i #military #patriotism

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #cultural #democratic #governments #human

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#laws #must #people #protect #repressive

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#certain #cultural #different #environment #even

...this clumsy collision of two very impatient forms of ignorance was known as the quarrel of Science and Religion. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#history #religion #science #similarity #statement