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“As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, the gap between the true nature of that commitment and the president’s depiction of it to the American people, the Congress, and members of his own administration widened. Lyndon Johnson, with the assistance of Robert S. McNamara and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had set the stage for America’s disaster in Vietnam.”
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“It is becoming increasingly clear that, without an effective government, backed by a loyal military and some kind of national consensus in support of independence, we cannot do anything for South Vietnam. The economic and military power of the United States … must not be wasted in a futile attempt to save those who do not wish to be saved.”
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― Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
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― Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
“For many Americans, especially non-Christians, the thought that Christian morality can be a useful guide to much of anything is risible, particularly since so many white evangelicals from 2016 forward chose to throw in their lot with a solipsistic American president who bullies, boasts, and sneers. Yet Lewis’s life suggests that religiously inspired activism may hold one of the best hopes for those who aim to make the life of the nation more just.
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― His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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― His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
“Most unforgivable was that a nation founded on Madisonian principles allowed secret police powers to accrue over forty years, until real and imagined heresies alike could be punished by methods less open to correction than the Salem witch trials.”
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“The biblical imagery is part of the American tradition, no matter what your personal beliefs are. The Old Testament, the New Testament, it is all woven into who we are, Christian, Jew, or whatever. Religious metaphors and religious language form a kind of common bond in America—you can think of it either in literal or literary terms. Even if you are basically secular, the ideals and principles that come out of religion are essentially what we all should share: what is the right thing to do, what is just, what is fair.
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― His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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― His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
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