Terrorism Quotes - Page 20

• War is legitimized state-sponsored terrorism in a grand scale.

  Newton Lee

  War, States, Scales

  Newton Lee (2015). “Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness”, p.108, Springer

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• The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Military, Defense

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• Whatever is fine and permanent in human achievement has been realised through individuals courageously facing the circumstances of their being; and a society is civilised to the extent to which it makes this possible. Terrorism, which aims at putting out thespiritual light, is the antithesis of civilisation.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Light, Achievement, Society

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• Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive. But if our critics are wrong and we do not act, then we will have hesitated in face of this menace, when we should have given leadership. That is something history will not forgive.

  Tony Blair

  Wmd, Should Have, Forgiving

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• For many Washington liberals, terrorism was not the instrument of political fanatics and evil men, but was the product of social conditions - poverty, racism and oppression - for which the Western democracies, including Israel were always ultimately to blame.

  David Horowitz

  Men, Israel, Racism

  David Horowitz (2002). “How to beat the Democrats, and other subversive ideas”, Spence Pub

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• American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.

  R. James Woolsey, Jr.

  War, Commitment, Corn

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• I don't want to constantly be writing about terrorism and strife.

  Lawrence Wright

  Writing, Want, Strife

  "Lawrence Wright brings Mideast conflict to stage". Interview with Lauri Neff, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.

  Greg Mortenson

  Fighting, Ifs

  "Humanitarian Greg Mortenson". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. February 11, 2009.

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• It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.

  Meles Zenawi

  Intelligent, Interesting, People

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• Syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate all efforts, whether regional or international, to combat terrorism

  Walid Muallem

  Effort, Combat, Syria

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• Islamic terrorism is the handiwork of people who've heeded, not hijacked, Islam. Or so says [Wafa] Sultan.

  Ilana Mercer

  Islamic, People, Handiwork

  "Wafa Wows The West (But Not Muslims And Media)". www.wnd.com. March 17, 2006.

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• There are people, particularly in the United States with which I am most familiar, who would say how ironic that Tehran would be the sponsor of an anti-terrorism conference, because there are people who say that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Iran, People, Ironic

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• Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels.

  Shaukat Aziz

  Fighting, Independence, Pakistan

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• Terrorism is partly linked to people who have no jobs in Pakistan.

  Mian Muhammad Mansha

  Jobs, People, Pakistan

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• The Internet plays an ever more significant role in the sedulous promotion of terrorism. We know that in the U.K., groups gather to view the preaching of violent men located many thousands of miles away and that this does have a powerful effect on young minds.

  Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

  Powerful, Men, Views

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• Well, one thing's very clear, that terrorism isn't just a threat which is external to Western countries. It's not simply a foreign menace that comes from overseas to strike our cities. It can and it does, as we now know, come from within our own countries and from inside our own populations.

  Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

  Country, Cities, Population

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• Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.

  Aaron McGruder

  Gun, Political, Affiliation

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• The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.

  Mitchell Reiss

  Nuclear, Weapons, Currents

  "Interview with State Department Policy Planning Director Mitchell Reiss". Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.

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• Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  War, Ignorance, Environmental

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• In an ecological perspective, in other words, there are few accidents or anomalies, only outcomes based on system structure and dynamics. Climate change and glittering malls, Calcuttan poverty and sybaritic wealth, biotic impoverishment and economic growth, militarism and terrorism, global domination and utter vulnerability are not different things but manifestations of a single system.

  David W. Orr

  Perspective, Growth, Environmental

  David W. Orr (2012). “The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror”, p.44, Island Press

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• If you're Chris Christie, who is governor of New Jersey, a state that obviously was impacted by 9/11, this gives you an opportunity to talk about how, as governor, you had to deal with terrorism and security issues.

  Amy Walter

  Opportunity, Issues, Giving

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The Israelis are becoming increasingly like the white supremacist South Africans, viewing the Palestinians as a lower form of life, not hesitating to kill a great many of them and justifying this on the grounds that they are being the objects of terrorism, which is true.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  White, Becoming, Great Men

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• I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Thinking, Israel, Political

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• I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Believe, Leader, Political

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• Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.

  John Avlon

  Bad Day, Issues

  "Savor this moment, in the name of the 3,000". edition.cnn.com. May 2, 2011.

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