Jack Bauer Inspirational Quotes

Dracula cemented his legacies as Ottoman scourge, national hero, and extravagant, almost unbelievable sadist. He was like the Jack Bauer of Wallachia: patriotic almost to a fault, steadfast in defending the region from external enemies and internal provocateurs, misunderstood by co-workers, and always ready to face-punch anyone who got in his way.

Diane Beaver, who served as State Judge Advocate on Guantanamo’s Joint Task Force in 2002–04, when it adopted harsh methods, told an interviewer that the show 24 had inspired many of the eighteen controversial interrogation techniques used on detainees, including waterboarding, sexual humiliation, and the terrorizing of prisoners with dogs. Jack Bauer, she said, “gave people lots of ideas,” adding: “We saw [24] on cable [and] it was hugely popular.