Colin Powell Quotes About Terrorism

Quotes about: Terrorism

• We have to be on guard that we don't spend so much time worrying about terrorism and guarding ourselves that we start to lose the essence of who we are as an open, freedom-loving people, welcoming to the rest of the world.

  Colin Powell

  Essence, Worry, People

  "Powell: Don't Let Terrorism Change 'Who We Are'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. September 2, 2011.

• Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

  Colin Powell

  People, Despair, Poverty

  "FORUM IN NEW YORK: THE MEETING; 2 Top Officials Offer Stern Talk On U.S. Policy" by Todd S. Purdum and David E. Sanger, www.nytimes.com. February 2, 2002.

• When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other terrorists all around the world.

  Colin Powell

  Campaigns, World, Terrorism

• We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against al-Qaida We did not ignore al-Qaida. We spent a lot of our time thinking about terrorism, what should we do about it.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Thinking, Als

  "Secretary of State Colin Powell". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 25, 2004.

• Terrorism threat is serious, and not just to American interests. The assaults in Russia against two airliners, bringing them out of the sky, and against a subway station, and then that horrible scene at the school in Beslan. This kind of terrorist activity no one is immune from it. And so it suggests that we have to do even more together to make sure the civilized worlds join together in the war against terrorism.

  Colin Powell

  War, School, Russia

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• When you help the poorest in the world, you start to move them up an economic and social ladder, and they're not going to be moving toward violence or terrorism of the kind that we worry about.

  Colin Powell

  Moving, Worry, Violence

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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