"I have always said we are not afraid of a ceasefire, but our stance is that if there is a cease‐fire it must go along…"

"In any peace solution the final decision should be ours. Nobody can sign a cease‐fire agreement or peace settlement w…"

"It is so easy to be an enemy of the United States, but so difficult to be a friend."

"Don't listen to what the Communists say, but look at what they do."

"The Communists could only hope to win if our ally betrays us and sells us out. But our main ally will never betray us…"

"We have told the Americans, that when you talk to the Communists, if they propose this or that solution, you just rec…"

"Of course, I would like to go down in history as the man who brought peace."

"When you negotiate with the Communists, you shouldn't fix a deadline. You must not tell them that you want to repatri…"

"Until today we have had a half war. I say, had we attacked North Vietnam with a classical war, had we bombed North Vi…"

"Yes, I'm a military man, and as a military man I say that if peace fails and we want to end this war, we must bring t…"