Fighting Terrorism Quotes

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  If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

  James Madison

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  "The Last Enemy" by Rebecca Sato, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2010.

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• We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.

  Anna Lindh

  Fighting, Needs, Terrorism

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• We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

  Serj Tankian

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

  Cindy Sheehan

  War, President, United States

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• Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.

  David Hackworth

  Cancer, Fighting, Cells

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• I think that things were getting really very bad a couple of years ago, and there's been a very significant change in response to that on the part of the security forces and the government, but particularly the army. And you see Pakistan actually fighting terrorism and terrorists in a much more wholehearted way than had been occurring previously. It's not anywhere close to over yet, but you've seen a big change in the antiterrorism campaign here.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Couple, Fighting, Army

  "Pakistan Ends Another Year With A Horrifying Attack". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 30, 2015.

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• We should cooperate much more closely in fighting terrorism, which is a great challenge.

  Vladimir Putin

  Fighting, Challenges, Terrorism

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

  Joichi Ito

  Fighting, Rights, Essentials

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• Americans think their danger is terrorists. They don't understand the terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution.... The terrorists are not anything like the threat we face from our own government in the name of fighting terrorism.... The American constitutional system is near to being overthrown

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Fighting, Thinking, Rights

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• Military intervention to maintain the global status quo will become a constant feature of international relations, whether this is justified in terms of fighting drugs, fighting terrorism, containing 'rogue states', opposing 'Islamic fundamentalism', or containing China.

  Walden Bello

  Military, Islamic, Fighting

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• And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.

  Bulent Ecevit

  Fighting, Sacrifice, Aquariums

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• In the area of international security, taking into account that the United States and Russia are the largest nuclear powers: We are ready to jointly work to strengthen the non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. We are ready to work together, and much closer than before, on the problem of fighting terrorism, international terrorism, and here we certainly have vast opportunities.

  Vladimir Putin

  Mean, Fighting, Opportunity

  Source: www.rt.com

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• Because Al-Qaeda has been a non-state centered organisation, many of these scenarios do not exactly apply. These are not wars between states. And yet, it seems to me that we make a mistake if we accept the view that states are fighting terrorism, since we have abundant evidence for accepting the idea of state terrorism, and what is most urgent is to track and expose how state terrorism operates under the rubric of "democracy."

  Judith Butler

  Mistake, War, Fighting

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• Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That's crux of our policy, not today, not yesterday; for years, even before the war on Syria, we always said that.

  Bashar al-Assad

  War, Fighting, Years

  Source: www.globalresearch.ca

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• President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism. He has asserted presidential power beyond stated constitutional rights, and there is no Republican gutsy enough to call his hand.

  Helen Thomas

  Fighting, Names, Rights

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• Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there.

  Paul Cellucci

  Country, War, Fighting

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• I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.

  Chris Christie

  Fighting, Years, Careers

  Chris Christie at GOP primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

  Jose Serrano

  Country, New York, Fighting

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• Our relationship with the United States is not reduced to questions of fighting terrorism and the Iraq war. German-American relations were so good for so many years because they extended deeply into the normal lives of people.

  Angela Merkel

  War, Fighting, Years

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

  Charley Reese

  Fighting, Law, Names

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• Before September 11, we were fighting terrorism in our southwestern Philippines, and it was a lonely fight. However, we were able to contain it now in one island in that part of the Philippines. But after September 11, and after the creation of the global coalition against terrorism, now we have allies, and I believe now it will easier with allies.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Lonely, Believe, Fighting

  "Interview With Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Will World Economic Forum Actually Deal With Tough Issues?". www.cnn.com. February 2, 2002.

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• All American and Israeli goods and products should be boycotted in a way that undermines American and Israeli interests so as to act as deterrence to their war against Muslims and Islam that is being waged under the pretence of fighting terrorism. This boycott should become an overwhelming trend that makes these two states feel that their economies are in a real and actual danger.

  Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

  Real, War, Fighting

  "Boycott of Israeli and US companies gaining momentum" by Shatha Khalil and Abdul Adil, archive.muslimnews.co.uk. June 28, 2002.

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• A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

  John Mortimer

  War, Mean, Fighting

  John Mortimer (2004). “Where There's a Will”, p.97, Penguin UK

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• The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.

  John Bruton

  Fighting, Intellectual, Working Together

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• My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Fighting, Should Have, Numbers

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