Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
144
AUTHOR:
Lyndon B Johnson, 36th US President
QUOTATION:
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
