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:

    “Nor now the long light on the sea—
    And here face downward in the sun
    To feel how swift how secretly
    The shadow of the night comes on . . .”
    —Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)

    “When a horse comes to the edge of the cliff, it is too late to draw rein; when a boat reaches midstream, it is too late to stop the leaks.”
    —Chinese proverb.