Quotes by David Hackworth - Page 1

War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.
David Hackworth / Journalist
War
Horror
Reality
Ultimate
Reality-Based
Copy Quote
Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.
David Hackworth / Journalist
War
Easy
Scripts
Script
Copy Quote
Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Alive
Handball
Writing
The Only Thing
Copy Quote
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Army
Fighting
Military
Copy Quote
Only a foolish woman would allow her man to earn his living as a moving target.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Men
Military
Moving
Copy Quote
The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.
David Hackworth / Journalist
War
Racket
Shameful
Taken
Old
Meaning
Saying
Copy Quote
Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Armed
Imperative
Quickly
Reduce
Stabilize
Copy Quote
It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Inspirational
Nature
Banging
Danger
Doors
Giving Up
Granted
Human Nature
Taking Things For Granted
Again
Door
Human
Loudly
Start
Taking
Copy Quote
That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
David Hackworth / Journalist
Grunt
Right Stuff
Stuff
Troops
Supporting
Copy Quote
Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Comprehensive
Enemy
Late
Real
Strategy
Too Late
Develop
Eliminate
Fortunately
Global
Real Enemy
Copy Quote
Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Enemy
Grunt
Die
Dead
Goof
Letting
Line
Wants
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Keys
Moving
Winning
Copy Quote
That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Axes
Destruction
Fanatics
Fascists
International
Islamic
Religious
Axis
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
War
Media
Needs
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
War
Citizens
Enemy
Media
Military
Detail
Hence
Military Operation
Nor
New Kind
Operation
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Feckless
Fixed
Moral
Moral Obligation
Obligation
Policy
Shut Up
Sound
Corrupt
Consider
Off
Personally
Shut
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Cancer
Cells
Destroyed
Diseased
Fighting
Terrorism
Visible
Cell
Deadly
Unlike
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
War
Homeland
People
Survival
Terrorism
Vietnam
War People Terrorism
Afford
American People
Once More
Stake
Treat
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Men
Alive
Boots
Fists
Offenders
Order
Rifles
Used
Young
Alert
Butt
Stay
Drill
Punish
Rifle
Young Men
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Jobs
Lying
Military
Copy Quote
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Fervor
Grunt
Majority
Troops
Bay
Good Game Care
Politicians
Generals
Moralistic
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Commitment
Everyday
Involvement
People
Terrorism
Years
American People
Total
Exists
Wherever
Copy Quote
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 / Journalist
Born Again
East
Islamic
Middle East
Return
World
Believers
Convert
Entire World
So-Called
Copy Quote
Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to flat ignore this growing threat, apparently hoping it would go away.
David Hackworth / Journalist
Administration
Beirut
Democratic
Response
Since
Apparently
Run
Cut
Go Away
Hoping
Ignore
Copy Quote

Related Journalist Authors

H. L. Mencken
Journalist
Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
Sunday, Jan 29, 1956
Zoë Heller
Journalist
Wednesday, Jul 07, 1965
Yvan Audouard
Journalist
Friday, Feb 27, 1914
Sunday, Mar 21, 2004
Yuri Bezmenov
Journalist
Yoshiko Sakurai
Journalist
Wednesday, Oct 10, 1945
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Journalist
Saturday, Dec 10, 1949
Yang Lan
Journalist
Sunday, Mar 31, 1968
Yahtzee Croshaw
Journalist
Tuesday, May 24, 1983
Xinran
Journalist
Ximenes Doudan
Journalist
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Journalist
Saturday, Aug 15, 1908
Wednesday, Feb 04, 1987
Wolf Blitzer
Journalist
Monday, Mar 22, 1948
William Seabrook
Journalist
Friday, Feb 22, 1884
Thursday, Sep 20, 1945
William Robertson Nicoll
Journalist
Friday, Oct 10, 1851
Friday, May 04, 1923
William Rees-Mogg
Journalist
Saturday, Jul 14, 1928
Saturday, Dec 29, 2012

View All Journalist Quotes

Top Authors

Billy Graham
Evangelist
Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
Mother Teresa
Saint
Friday, Aug 26, 1910
Friday, Sep 05, 1997
Theodore Roosevelt
26Th U.s. President
Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
Monday, Jan 06, 1919
Steven Wright
Comedian
Tuesday, Dec 06, 1955
Jean De La Bruyere
Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
Thursday, May 10, 1696
Peter Drucker
Author
Friday, Nov 19, 1909
Friday, Nov 11, 2005
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
Wednesday, May 05, 1813
Sunday, Nov 11, 1855
Thomas Jefferson
3Rd US President
Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
Tuesday, Jul 04, 1826
Robert Frost
Poet
Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963
Kobe Bryant
Basketball Player
Wednesday, Aug 23, 1978
Saint Augustine
Saint
Saturday, Nov 13, 0354
Wednesday, Aug 28, 0430
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father Of The United States
Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
Saturday, Apr 17, 1790
Nelson Mandela
Former President Of South Africa
Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
Thursday, Dec 05, 2013
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Wayne Dyer
Author
Friday, May 10, 1940
Saturday, Aug 29, 2015

View All Authors

David Hackworth Quotes - Page 1

App & Tools

Related Journalist Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related Journalist Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page