Terrorism Quotes - Page 33

• Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.

  Janet Napolitano

  Country, Luxury, Roots

  "Napolitano defends report on right-wing extremist groups". www.cnn.com. April 15, 2009.

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• The Middle East Media Research Institute has spent decades detailing the diseased messages emanating from Palestinian TV and textbooks, instructing children in the glories of suicide terrorism against innocent Israelis.

  John Podhoretz

  Suicide, Children, Media

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• I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Committed, Commit, Hamas

  "Why the Park51 debate remains unresolved" by Elizabeth Samson, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2010.

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• Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Islam, Fanaticism

  60 Minutes, www.nytimes.com. September 30, 2001.

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• Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Islamic, Law, Damage

  "What's Right With Islam Is What's Right With America". Book by Feisal Abdul Rauf, www.nytimes.com. May 11, 2004.

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• But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.

  Salman Rushdie

  Mean, Creating, People

  "Terror Is Glamour". "Spiegel" Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

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• If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which their countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.

  Salman Rushdie

  Dream, Country, Islam

  Salman Rushdie (2008). “Step Across This Line”, p.219, Random House

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• Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'

  Salman Rushdie

  Crazy, Steps, Said

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• The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.

  Salman Rushdie

  Indulge In, Enemy, Important

  "Salman Rushdie Discusses The Role Of The Novel In The Era Of 24-Hour News In Talk At CU-Boulder" by Joe Rubino, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 18, 2013.

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• The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.

  Salman Rushdie

  Fighting, Hands, Play

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• The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

  Bertrand Russell

  Honesty, Pain, Integrity

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• Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Abuse, Unity, Needs

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• Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

  George Santayana

  Selfish, Men, Overcoming

  "Little Essays Drawn from the Writings of George Santayana".

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• Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Way, Rebellious

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• It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Country, Children, War

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• American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

  Arlen Specter

  Strong, War, Terrorist

  Feinstein Introduces 'The 2005 Defend the Corporate Death Squads Act'" by Charlie Cray, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2005.

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• There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

  Arlen Specter

  Priorities, Doubt, Trump

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• Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

  John Shelby Spong

  Real, People, Enemy

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• We're living in a fearful time. Since 9/11 people have become more afraid than before, because of terrorism. There's a lot of confusion about evil, where it's all coming from.

  Charles Stanley

  People, Evil, Confusion

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• If you watch the news and don't like it, then this is your counter program to the news.

  Jon Stewart

  Watches, News, Program

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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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• No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  Abet, Bihar, Partnership

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2004). “Towards a new world: defining moments”

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• We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  Believe, Play, India And Pakistan

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• The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

  Gijs de Vries

  Believe, Islam, Democracy

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• The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque.

  Ron Wyden

  Ideas, Atrocities, Ridiculous

  "Amid furor, Pentagon kills terrorism futures market". www.cnn.com. July 30, 2003.

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