Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu citations

Tran Lê Xuân , appelée communément Madame Nhu, née le 15 avril 1924 à Hanoï en Indochine française, et morte le 24 avril 2011 à Rome en Italie, est l'épouse de Ngô Dinh Nhu et la belle-sœur du président de la République du Viêt Nam Ngô Dinh Diêm , qui était célibataire. Elle tint de facto, pendant cette période, le rôle de Première dame du Sud Viêt Nam. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. août 1924 – 24. avril 2011
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Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu: Citations en anglais

“I believe all the devils in hell are against us but we will triumph eventually because we have the Devil on our side.”

In response to Diệm and Nhu, assassination in a coup d’état led by General Dương Văn Minh (Armed Forces Council) http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2013/10/05/

“Any crime committed against the Ngo family cannot be hidden under the label of suicide. I affirm that suicide has always been considered incompatible with our religion.”

Addressing the claim that President Ngo Dinh Diem and her husband Ngo Dinh Nhu committed suicide http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-78-106-madame-nhu-press-conference (3 November 1963)

“If one has no courage to denounce, if one bows to madness and stupidity, how can one ever hope to cope with the other wrongs of humanity exploited in the same fashion by Communists?”

"Letters to the Times: Mrs. Nhu Defends Stand", The New York Times, 14 August 1963. Referring to the self-immolation of Buddhist monks protesting government actions.

“Let them burn and we shall clap our hands.”

[Our Vietnam: the war, 1954–1975, Langguth, A. J., 2000] p.216. Referring to the immolation of Buddhist monks including Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

“Whoever has the Americans as allies does not need any enemies.”

Jones (2003) Death of a Generation p.407. November 2nd, 1963, following the assassination of her husband and brother-in-law.

“I may shock some by saying 'I would beat such provocateurs ten times more if they wore monks robes,' and 'I would clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show, for one can not be responsible for the madness of others.”

Jones, Howard (2003). Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War. pp.292-293
"Letters to the Times: Mrs. Nhu Defends Stand", The New York Times, 14 August 1963. Referring to the self-immolation of Buddhist monks protesting government actions.