David Hackworth Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.”
-- David Hackworth

#Giving Up Quotes #Doors Quotes #Human Nature Quotes
“What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that.”
-- David Hackworth

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

#War Quotes #Media Quotes #Needs Quotes
“Only a foolish woman would allow her man to earn his living as a moving target.”
-- David Hackworth

#Moving Quotes #Men Quotes #Target Quotes
“So it's not a matter of the military lying to the press, but it's the job of the military to deny the press any information that will provide aid and comfort to the enemy.”
-- David Hackworth

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au

#Jobs Quotes #Military Quotes #Lying Quotes
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.”
-- David Hackworth

#Fighting Quotes #Army Quotes #Finding Yourself Quotes
“If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.”
-- David Hackworth

#Sound Quotes #Feckless Quotes #Moral Quotes
“Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.”
-- David Hackworth

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Survival Quotes
“The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.”
-- David Hackworth

#War Quotes #Taken Quotes #Racket Quotes
“That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!”
-- David Hackworth

#Troops Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Right Stuff Quotes
“Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.”
-- David Hackworth

#Writing Quotes #Alive Quotes
“Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.”
-- David Hackworth

#War Quotes #Scripts Quotes #Easy Quotes
“That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.”
-- David Hackworth

#Religious Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Axes Quotes
“War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.”
-- David Hackworth

#War Quotes #Reality Quotes #Horror Quotes
“Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves”
-- David Hackworth

#Moving Quotes #Winning Quotes #Keys Quotes
“Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.”
-- David Hackworth

#Cancer Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Cells Quotes
“Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us.”
-- David Hackworth

#Islamic Quotes #Middle East Quotes #World Quotes
“Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.”
-- David Hackworth

#Real Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Too Late Quotes
“In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time.”
-- David Hackworth

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Rifles Quotes
“Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.”
-- David Hackworth

#Commitment Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes
“We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy.”
-- David Hackworth

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Media Quotes

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