Terrorism Quotes - Page 14

• Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

  S. Azmat Hassan

  Liberty, Libertarian, Poverty

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• ID cards do not tell the police who is about to commit a suicide bombing.

  John Wadham

  Suicide, Police, Cards

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• The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers of a clenched fist.

  Riane Eisler

  War, Home, Together

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• Robert Spencer, a prolific anti-Islam writer and a leading Islamophobe who is bent on distorting Islam and demonizing Muslims, has persistently argued that violence and terrorism employed by Muslim extremists is rooted in the Quran and its message. Spencer calls the Quran, a book sacred to Muslim, 'the jihadists' Mein Kampf,' in reference to Hitler's memoir.

  Louay M. Safi

  Book, Muslim Extremists, Islam

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• There is no definition of terrorism and there is still the reality that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.

  Kumi Naidoo

  Reality, That One Person, Definitions

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• This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail young men who only acted to oppose terrorism in the United States.

  Ricardo Alarcon

  War, Hypocrite, Reality

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• We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.

  Javier Solana

  Country, Mean, Fighting

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• I fully support President Bush's decision to strike Al Qaeda's terrorist network. Now more than ever, we must stand united as a nation and support our President and our military. It is important to remember that this carefully targeted response is not an attack on a religion, nor a nation, but an attack on terrorism. In Congress, we will continue to work with the White House to do what's needed to bring justice to those who committed the heinous and evil attacks of September 11.

  Tom Harkin

  Military, White, Evil

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• It is with enormous distress that France has just learned of the monstrous attacks there is no other word for it that have just struck the United States of America. In these horrifying circumstances, the entire people of France, and I want to emphasize this, stand by the people of America. They express their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy. Naturally, I want to assure President Bush of my total support. France, as you know, has always condemned and unreservedly condemns terrorism, and considers that terrorism must be combated by all possible means.

  Jacques Chirac

  Mean, America, People

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• It was with horror that I learned of the abominable terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington in which so many innocent people have lost their lives. My government staunchly condemns these acts of terrorism. The German people are at the side of the United States of America in this difficult hour. I wish to express my deep-felt condolences and complete solidarity to you and the American people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.

  Gerhard Schroder

  New York, Prayer, Condolences

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• Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.

  Kenny Marchant

  Powerful, September 11, Terrorist Groups

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• There can be no doubt that these attacks are deliberate acts of terrorism, carefully planned and coordinated and as such I condemn them utterly. Terrorism must be fought resolutely wherever it appears.

  Kofi Annan

  September 11, Doubt, Deliberate

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• This terrible tragedy.... the entire international community should unite in the struggle against terrorism this is a blatant challenge to humanity.

  Vladimir Putin

  Struggle, Community, Challenges

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• We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.

  Vicente Fox

  Rejection, Support, September 11

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• Cuba laments and expresses its profound sadness for the loss of so many innocent lives and expresses our absolute rejection of acts of terrorism, wherever they may come from.

  Felipe Perez Roque

  Sadness, Loss, Profound

  "World mourns attack victims", www.cnn.com. September 12, 2001.

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• Whatever the lengths to which others may go, His Majesty's Government will never resort to the deliberate attack on women and children and other civilians for purposes of mere terrorism.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Children, Government, May

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• In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those dying were black or brown-skinned non-people living in faraway places such as Zaire and Guatemala, there was no terrorism. When the weak attacked the powerful, spectacularly on 9/11, there was terrorism.

  John Pilger

  Powerful, People, Black

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• I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism.

  Richard Shelby

  War, Commitment, Fighting

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• Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Jobs, Responsibility, Numbers

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• I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no connection to terrorism.

  Russ Feingold

  Rights, Law, Abiding

  Russ Feingold's statement on the USA-PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Deal, February 9, 2006.

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• Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper. They want both security and liberty, and unless we give them both, and we can if we try, we have failed.

  Russ Feingold

  Country, Character, Giving

  "Senate Resoundingly Renews Patriot Act" by Joel Roberts, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2006.

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• The international community faces ever growing phenomena that transcend borders. I am specifically referring to terrorism, transnational organized crime, the global drug problem, corruption, traffic in persons, sexual exploitation, trafficking of children and adolescents, and smuggling of arms, among others.

  Ollanta Humala

  Children, Community, Drug

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• It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.

  Neal Boortz

  Jobs, War, Numbers

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• Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.

  Adam Schiff

  War, Struggle, Winning

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• In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle.

  Aleksander Kwasniewski

  Struggle, Fighting, Play

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