Terrorism Quotes - Page 32

• The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both.

  John Cornyn

  Long, Enemy, Islam

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• If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

  Alan Dershowitz

  America, Israel, Target

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• You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Successful, Thinking, Would Be

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• I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.

  Alan Dershowitz

  College, Israel, Years

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• There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Two, Kind, Sept 11

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• When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.

  Mary Douglas

  Grieving, Done, Reflecting

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• When a person is humiliated, when his rights are being violated, and he does not have the proper education, naturally he gravitates toward terrorism.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Rights, Doe, Humiliation

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• The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police regime, the more it risks hijackings or massacres like the ones that took place for many years in Italy and Germany and other parts of Europe.

  Oriana Fallaci

  Country, Years, Europe

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• I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it has terrorism in it. CIA agents going to overthrow certain governments - they're using terrorist tactics. They're not going in there like, 'Hey, you wanna have some cake?'

  Lupe Fiasco

  Thinking, Government, Cia Agents

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• Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

  Al Franken

  Political, Purpose, Use

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• As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.

  Antonia Fraser

  Long, People, Persecution

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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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• The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Pakistan, Actors, World

  "Pakistan is at last finding its voice. The US would be wise not to gag it" by Mohsin Hamid, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2008.

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• Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.

  Robert Harris

  Thinking, Issues, Years

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• I frankly don't think it's going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they can't share information, there's no way this war can be won.

  Patty Hearst

  War, Successful, Thinking

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• Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.

  Walter Isaacson

  Civilization, Planets, Threat

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• After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.

  Steve Israel

  New York, Availability, Saws

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• I think the risks that people see of terrorism are incredibly important but we are very confident we have got the right people on it and the risks have been minimised.

  Boris Johnson

  Thinking, People, Risk

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• If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists.

  Meir Kahane

  Political, Doe, Hiv

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• A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism.

  Raymond Kelly

  Important, Broads, Ability

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• Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.

  Imran Khan

  Heart, Winning, People

  "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, www.cnn.com. October 12, 2012.

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• I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

  Theresa May

  Want, Regimes, Transparent

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

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• You cannot avoid war in life, you cannot avoid the fear of terrorism, you cannot avoid those things now, they are a part of everyday demeanor.

  John Mayer

  War, Everyday, Demeanor

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• In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.

  Jon Meacham

  Christian, Atheist, Fighting

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• An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Egypt, Heritage, Strange

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