Terrorism famous quotes
04-16-2025
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Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
-- Aaron McGruder -
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
-- Abdul Kalam -
All Iraqis can unite to defeat terrorism and can unite to rebuild the country.
-- Ahmed Chalabi -
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.
-- Alan Dershowitz -
If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.
-- Alan Greenspan -
The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable.
-- Alberto Fujimori -
The investor knows quite well that we don't have anymore the widespread terrorism here in Peru.
-- Alberto Fujimori -
All thinking people oppose terrorism both domestic & international but one should not be used to cover the other
-- Amiri Baraka -
We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.
-- Anna Lindh -
Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -
As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.
-- Antonia Fraser -
The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it.
-- Ari Fleischer -
Everybody has to move, run and grab as many (Palestinian) hilltops as they can to enlarge the (Jewish) settlements because everything we take now will stay ours...Everything we don't grab will go to them.
-- Ariel Sharon -
American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.
-- Arlen Specter -
There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
-- Arlen Specter -
We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.
-- Armstrong Williams -
Of course, there's an alternative to terrorism: it's called justice.
-- Arundhati Roy -
I've always maintained terrorism passes through Pakistan, it doesn't evolve in Pakistan.
-- Asif Ali Zardari -
No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.
-- Atal Bihari Vajpayee -
Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
-- Ban Ki-moon -
Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.
-- Barack Obama -
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
-- Barack Obama -
The greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states.
-- Barack Obama -
There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.
-- Bashar al-Assad -
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
-- Benazir Bhutto -
While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.
-- Bennie Thompson -
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
-- Bianca Jagger -
I don't believe we are, because I believe that just as 9/11 was an attack on a very populous area, terrorism also looks to see where you can go and where you're not expected.
-- Bob Wise -
International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
-- Boris Yeltsin -
We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security
-- Bruce Schneier -
The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.
-- Chaka Fattah -
One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S.
-- Charles E. Allen -
The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism
-- Chris Hedges -
Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.
-- Chris Matthews -
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
-- Christopher Hitchens -
I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism,
-- Chuck Hagel -
Cyber will be part of any future conflict -- whether it's a nation state or terrorism,
-- Cofer Black -
We're not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don't negotiate about terrorism. It's is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn't anything to negotiate.
-- Condoleezza Rice -
Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.
-- Craig Reucassel -
It isn't poverty that breeds terrorism, but terrorism that breeds poverty.
-- Dan Gillerman -
We must expel Arabs and take their places.
-- David Ben-Gurion -
From Jewish terrorism against Arabs it is a short step to Jewish terrorism against Jews.
-- David Ben-Gurion -
None of us believe countering terrorism is about party politics
-- David Blunkett -
You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It's like having a war on jealousy.
-- David Cross -
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.
-- Donald Rumsfeld -
Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can be characterised as acts of terrorism.
-- Dorothy E. Denning -
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
-- Douglas Horton -
The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
-- Ed Markey -
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
-- Edmund Burke -
The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws.
-- Edward Abbey -
Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.
-- Edward Kennedy -
If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force....
-- Ehud Barak -
After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.
-- Elliott Abrams -
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
-- Eric Hoffer -
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
-- Erma Bombeck -
Does Hollywood do movies about terrorism? Yeah. And why do they do that? Because it sells.
-- Faran Tahir -
I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
-- Feisal Abdul Rauf -
Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
-- Feisal Abdul Rauf -
The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?
-- George Orwell -
Terrorism against our nation will not stand.
-- George W. Bush -
We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.
-- George W. Bush -
Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.
-- Gijs de Vries -
We still lack a global definition of terrorism.
-- Gijs de Vries -
The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.
-- Gijs de Vries -
We remain vulnerable.There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism.
-- Gijs de Vries -
We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.
-- Gijs de Vries -
Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.
-- Glenn Greenwald -
Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.
-- Glenn Greenwald -
There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.
-- Golda Meir -
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
-- Golda Meir -
From now on, I'm opting for ontological terrorism.
-- Grant Morrison -
I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.
-- Greg Mortenson -
The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.
-- Greg Mortenson -
It is what it is. It, meaning terrorism. Terrorism is what it is,
-- Gretchen Carlson -
The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be acceptable, or in any case more rational and democratic.
-- Guy Debord -
If rulers refuse to consider poems as crimes, then someone must commit crimes that serve the function of poetry, or texts that possess the resonance of terrorism.
-- Hakim Bey -
If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
-- Hamid Karzai -
Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.
-- Harry Belafonte -
I take the threat of terrorism very seriously, and no one is more committed to hunting down terrorists and bringing them to justice, wherever they live, than I am.
-- Harry Reid -
9/11 woke us up, a nuclear 9/11 could shut us down.
-- Howard Bloom -
If you want to end terrorism, you have to stop being terrorists
-- Howard Zinn -
How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?
-- Howard Zinn -
Whether it is committed by a group operating within or without the law, terrorism is still terrorism.
-- Ilana Mercer -
Islamic terrorism is the handiwork of people who've heeded, not hijacked, Islam.
-- Ilana Mercer -
As Muslims it is our duty to condemn the killings and our duty to ensure that those on the fringe do not shame our community by justifying the killing of innocent people.
-- Iqbal Sacranie -
Terrorism really doesn't strike at physical structures as much as it strikes at ideas, and its main fear is ideas. And cartoonists are particularly effective at distilling ideas.
-- Jack Ohman -
The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.
-- Jean-Luc Godard -
I am committed to protecting our country against the threat of terrorism.
-- Jim Ryun -
Since September 11th, federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of them have been convicted.
-- Jim Sensenbrenner -
The threat of nuclear terrorism is growing faster than our ability to prevent an attack on our homeland.
-- Joe Lieberman -
There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism
-- John Ashcroft -
We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort
-- John Ashcroft -
The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.
-- John Ashcroft -
Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.
-- John Avlon -
We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.
-- John F. Kerry
