Tommy Franks Quotes & Sayings

“The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.”

“America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago.”

“We have learned the need to be flexible or to have flexible forces, agile forces, who can move quickly, secure themselves when they arrive in a location, assess the needs of a given mission, and move to that mission.”

“We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation, who can cause the precision munitions to go precisely where they should go, pays a huge dividend.”

“If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.”

“Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.”

“No one hates war like a soldier hates war.”

“The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.”

“As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.”

“I'm not a fan almost anywhere of announcing to the enemy of what I'm going to do.”