#vietnamese

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#among #apparently #been #decision #exist

The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community - to take this seat and give it to this Van Tran, who is very anti-immigrant and very anti-Hispanic. ↗

— Loretta Sanchez

#done #give #intensity #much #our

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#i #only #party #vietnamese

Too many things have changed. Too much time has passed. I'm different now, a man with a pocketful of unconnected but terribly vivid memories. I was looking to dredge up what I'd long forgotten. Most of all, I am wishing for something to fasten all these gems, maybe something to hold them in a continuity that I can comprehend. ↗

— Andrew X. Pham

#catfish-and-mandala #change #past #vietnam #vietnamese-literature

You remember all those phrases about how "these people" - Asians - don't value human life like we do. Well if you spend any time around them, you discover that they love their children just as much as we love ours. That is certainly true of the Vietnamese. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#any #around #asians #certainly #children

I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl! ↗

— Thanhha Lai

#insideoutandbackagain #life #love #refugees #saigon

And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#chi #every #his #imprint #just

Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#french #joined #member #party #political

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to kill. In effect, they've been saying, You can kill us, but you'll have to kill a lot of us; you may have to kill all of us. And, thank heaven, we are not yet ready to do that. ↗

— George Wald

#beyond #die #effect #heaven #kill

The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. ↗

— John Whitehead

#did #helpless #south #understand #victims