Haiphong Quotes

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I`m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be. I was proud when President Nixon (Richard Nixon) ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor, which we should have done long ago, because I think we`re helping a brave little country defend herself against Communist invasion. That`s what I tried to show in The Green Berets (1968) and I took plenty of abuse from the critics. Did you ever see reviews like that? Reviews with hatred and nastiness."

The only way to get 520,000 men home - men who had been practically sneaked into Vietnam in the first place - was to make the decision to mine Haiphong Harbor. President (Richard Nixon) had the courage to make that decision, and when the other side started using prisoners of war as pawns, he had to make the awesome decision to bomb Hanoi. Which he did, and then he brought our prisoners of war home. Richard Nixon and I have had a long acquaintance. I respected him as a goodly man - winning or losing - over the years, and I think he should be standing in the crowning glory today for his accomplishments. Instead, they`ve chosen to blame him for the gradual growth of hypocrisy and individual ambition that have made our political system distasteful to the public.