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You can kill ten of our men for every one


we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you
will lose and we will win.
2. "Everything depends on the Americans. If
they want to make war for 20 years then we
shall make war for 20 years. If they want to
make peace, we shall make peace and invite
them to tea afterwards."
"Before closing my eyes to Buddha, I
respectfully plead to President Ngo Dinh Diem,
asking him to be kind and tolerant toward his
people and to enforce a policy of religious
equality."
"I was ordered to go in there and destroy the
enemy...That was my job on that day. That
was the mission I was given. I did not sit
down and think in terms of men, women and
children."
The people will remember your help in our
time of need. This struggle will then be a part
of our common history. And your help, your
friendship, and the strong bonds between our
two peoples will be a part of Vietnam, then as
now.

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock


over the first one, and what will happen to the
last one is that it will go over very quickly.

This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for


freedom on every front of human activity.
I have a plan which will end this war in a
way that will bring us closer to that great
goal to which every American President in
our history has been dedicated: the goal of a
just and lasting peace.
3. The great victory of April 30 represents
the triumph of the entire nation, of justice
over brutality and of humanity over tyranny.

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