Viet Thanh Nguyen said this quote

“ No one asks poor people if they want war. Nor had anyone asked these poor people if they wanted to die of thirst and exposure on the coastal sea, or if they wanted to be robbed and raped by their own soldiers. ”

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As Hegel said, tragedy was not the conflict between right and wrong but right and right, a dilemma none of us who wanted to participate in history could escape. The major had the right to live, and I was right to kill him. Wasn't I?

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I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.

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This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

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no one asks poor people if they want war.

~ Viet Thanh Nguyen

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