Swift Boat

Swift Boat may refer to:

  • a Patrol Craft Fast
  • Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, originally named Swift Boat Veterans For Truth
  • Swiftboating, political jargon for a particular form of character assassination as a smear tactic

Famous quotes containing the words swift and/or boat:

    “Where fierce indignation can no longer tear his heart.
    [Ubi saeva indignatio ulterius cor lacerare nequit.]”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul—enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)