Tommy Franks Quotes

The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.

We were able to flood the zone immediately.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.

The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat.

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.

The Marine Corps has been, and will continue to be, America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness - ready to respond to today's crisis, with today's Marine forces, today.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

We are the nation’s force in readiness…. We are the nation’s expeditionary force.

I'm surprised that a government organization could do it that quickly.

Everything you do needs to be a short fuse ... not [as] an R&D problem for the sake of doing R&D ... we are looking to you for solutions ... we want them fast.

In most covert operations … particularly those that have a large paramilitary component, the planning for later stages is very incomplete. The outcome of the first stages of the operation is usually so difficult to predict that it wouldn't have seemed sensible to have planned the later stages. One can plan the first phases, but not what happens next

The Republicans are much better at negative ads than we are. But we have the 24 hour rule. If they hit you, you get your response on the media within 24 hours.

Honestly, I sleep best wearing nothing. But with kids, I've learned to sleep with underwear very close by, if not wrapped around one of my feet, so I'm ready to go if something happens.

My father was not going to let me sit back and just consume my blessings. He wanted me to contribute, and to do that, you have to be mission-oriented.

It is only after you are able to stand on your own feet, or have the confidence that you can stand on your own feet, should you look at doing things such as marriage or setting up a family.

Belize is not ready for self-government.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

As an A-10 squadron commander in the Air Force, I was required to be ready to deploy my 24 Warthogs and team anywhere in the world within 24 hours, including the Korean Peninsula.

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We'll adapt, we'll train, we'll advise, we'll mentor, and we'll fight, and we'll fight well.

In covering breaking news, there's no better way than using a helicopter.

You've really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can't get ready because there's no telling. They'll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.