Tommy Franks Quotes

Tommy Franks lays out blunt, urgent thoughts on safety, military action and national security.

14 quotes

1. ... we don't do body counts.

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

3. I had a hope that the Iraqis would embrace a new government, would establish a new Iraq very quickly, and, but I never had that as an expectation.

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.

8. The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.

9. I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.

10. Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

11. I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!

12. I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

13. There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

14. I'm a pretty serious Independent.