“With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against.” ImpossibleTypePerceptionWeaponsMassDestructionSuicideTerrorismExceptionWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Bruce Hoffman
“Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.” LastsHalfStruggleCenturySecurityWeaponsMassDestructionInternationalTerrorismContemporaryCommunismIrrelevantCouncilTwentieth CenturyWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationSidelinesSecurity CouncilInternational Terrorism Author:John Bolton
“In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses. Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business. They must never be allowed to succeed.” PeopleWayHumansSelfCountrySeemsPoliticalValuesOrderInterestSpaceViewsEconomicExerciseSucceedDestructionMovedInternationalTerrorismBackgroundsPeacefulImpulseBrutalIrrationalBentNegotiationAdvancementSelf InterestFactionsHuman ValuesScourgeCivilisedInternational Terrorism Author:Margaret Thatcher
“With each newly minted crisis, US leaders roll out the same time-tested scenario. They start demonizing a foreign leader ... charging them with being communistic or otherwise dictatorial, dangerously aggressive, power hungry, genocidal, given to terrorism or drug trafficking, ready to deny us access to vital resources, harboring weapons of mass destruction, or just inexplicably "anti-American" and "anti-West." Lacking any information to the contrary, the frightened public ... are swept along.” GivenLeaderInformationReadyDrugWeaponsMassResourcesDestructionCrisisWestDenyTerrorismAccessContraryHungryFrightenedAggressiveLackingTestedScenariosWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChargingTraffickingAnti-americanPower HungryDrug Trafficking Author:Michael Parenti
“The trauma of 9/11 stimulated infinite possibilities for worry - some quite plausible, but most inspired by remote what-if fantasies. A society bingeing on fear makes itself vulnerable to far more profound forms of destruction than terror attacks. The "terrorism war", like a nostalgic echo of the cold war, is using these popular fears to advance a different agenda - the re-engineering of American life through permanent mobilization.” IfsDifferentWarFormWorryFantasyPossibilityColdDestructionInfiniteProfoundInspiredTerrorTraumaTerrorismVulnerablePermanentAgendasWhat IfEngineeringEchoesCold WarNostalgicAmerican LifePlausibleInfinite PossibilitiesMobilizationTerror Attacks Author:William Greider
“What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.” WayStatesTogetherWaitingUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesParticularWeaponsMassDestructionTerrorismExtremismWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionNexus Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important to understand why terrorism is so frightening because it is a psychological war and until you understand it and try to reduce the dread, until then you become like a force multiplier for the terrorists inadvertently because you'll tend to overreact to terrorist attacks because the dread factor is so high.” TryingImportantWarSufferingEvilForceGeniusDestructionTerrorismTerroristScalesPsychologicalFactorsDreadFrighteningTerrorist AttacksUnfairnessEvil Genius Author:Amanda Ripley
“It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.” WorldShouldWould BeCoursesPeaceCommunityLossMiddleWeaponsMassDestructionFoundationInternationalProsperitySpreadTerrorismEastJapanRegionsStabilityMiddle EastWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionInternational Community Author:Shinzo Abe
“The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.” ShouldRolesWeaponsMassDestructionAgreeThreatInternationalTerrorismAlliancesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionNatoInternational Terrorism Author:Jose Maria Aznar
“In '94, I started writing a novel about an enormous terrorist act that destroyed the United States. The novel takes place twenty years after this destruction, with all the stuff that we're dealing with now - a dirty war, the disappeared, the concept of terrorism. Anyway, 9/11 happened some years into the process, and I was like, OK, I don't have a novel.” WritingYearsWarStatesStuffProcessUnitedUnited StatesNovelHappenedConceptsDestructionTwentiesTerrorismTerroristEnormousDestroyedDirty Author:Junot Diaz
“One of our objectives today is very important for many people, for millions of people on our planet - it is joining efforts in the fight against terrorism and other similar challenges: countering drug trafficking and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, fighting famine, preserving environment and biodiversity, taking efforts to make the world more predictable, more stable.” PeopleWorldImportantTodayFightingChallengesEffortMillionsEnvironmentPlanetsDrugWeaponsMassDestructionTerrorismObjectivesStableOur PlanetPredictableJoiningFamineWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBiodiversityProliferationTraffickingDrug Trafficking Author:Vladimir Putin
“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.” MeanStatesProblemTogetherFightingOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesSecurityReadyWeaponsMassAreasDestructionAccountsInternationalTerrorismNuclearRussiaWorking TogetherRegimesNational SecurityWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryNuclear PowerProliferationFighting TerrorismInternational Terrorism Author:Vladimir Putin
“Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of course not.” CountryOrderCoursesPresidentDestructionTerrorismCivilians Author:Bashar al-Assad
“I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.” ReasonRealitySpiritualFoundViolenceDestructionTerrorismHeadlinesUnifying Author:Cat Stevens
“Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable.” YearsLongTwoHardStatesLinesPartyCallingDestructionInternationalIsraelTerrorismContributionDedicatedPalestinianConsensusAccordSettlementIranianGazaBlockedHamasDispensable Author:Noam Chomsky
“The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons of mass destruction in all of history.” PeopleNumbersGreaterWeaponsMassDestructionIraqTerrorTerrorismSanctionsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionWar On Terror Author:Noam Chomsky
“The thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction...the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a ready-made weapon or fabricate something improvised that would have a catastrophic effect for us.” MadeNightEffectsPossibilityReadyWeaponsDestructionOrganizationTerrorismTerroristAwakeAcquireMassiveAwake At NightFabricateNexus Author:Michele Flournoy
“We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.” ViolenceMiddleDangerWeaponsMassDestructionHarmonyThreatTerrorismEastMiddle EastEasterStrifeWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Hosni Mubarak
“Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction. I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and abundant technological know-how, in which some terrorists clearly state their intention to inflict catastrophic casualties. Were such an attack to occur, it would not only cause widespread death and destruction, but would stagger the world economy... [creating] a second death toll throughout the developing world.” KnowsWorldStillsStatesWishCausesFictionKnow HowEconomyMaterialsCreatingDestructionScience FictionIntentionTerrorismNuclearTerroristTreatedDevelopingExcessTechnologicalCasualtiesTollsWorld EconomyNuclear Terrorism Author:Kofi Annan
“This country was taken into war based on lies about weapons of mass destruction and Al Qaeda's role with respect to Iraq, which there wasn't one at the time we went in. I want to state that Mr. Cheney must be held accountable. He is already ginning up a cause for war against Iran. Now, we have to stand for this Constitution, we have to protect and defend this Constitution.” WantWarCountryStatesLyingCausesRolesTakenProtectWeaponsMassDestructionConstitutionIraqTerrorismIranAlsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAl Qaeda Author:Dennis Kucinich
“One of the most important post-9/11 efforts made to counter terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).” MadeImportantPresidentEffortSecurityWeaponsMassDestructionSpreadTerrorismPostsInitiativePresident BushWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationCounter Terrorism Author:Frank Gaffney
“Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and sisters into grief and despair” WorldGriefBrotherActivityDespairDestructionVariousTerrorismTerroristBrothers And SistersSowingRecurring Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles.” CountryMovingPresidentNormalWeaponsMassDestructionRelationMeetingsTerrorismRangeOfficialsInitiativeSenatorsAbandonmentReflectingMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionRenunciationLibya Author:Dana Perino
“In addition to declaring and destroying all of its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must end its support for terrorism. It must cease the persecution of its civilian population. It must stop all illicit trade outside the oil-for-food program. And it must release or account for all Gulf War personnel, including an American pilot, whose fate is still unknown. By taking these steps, and only by taking these steps, the Iraqi regime has an opportunity to avoid conflict. These steps would also change the nature of the Iraqi regime itself. America hopes the regime will make that choice.” StillsWarEndsAmericaChoicesOpportunityStepsSupportFateConflictWeaponsMassProgramDestructionAccountsTradeIncludingIraqPopulationTerrorismOilCeaseReleaseDestroyingPilotsRegimesPersecutionCiviliansWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeclaringPersonnelGulf War Author:George W. Bush
“Terrorism is a word with little content - it is a label for brutalities committed by ‘the enemy’, and from which one’s own acts of destruction are exempted. It is an inchoate and emotionally laden concept, a semantic mirror of our dishonesty and a repository for everything about war that we would like to disavow. Making a sharp distinction between war and terrorism is at best a self-deceptive game.” LittlesWarSelfGamesEnemyConceptsDestructionMirrorsCommittedTerrorismLabelsDistinctionDishonestyBrutalityDeceptive Author:David Livingstone
“I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.” BelieveWarViolenceDestructionMurderTerrorism Author:Rosanne Cash
“Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.” PeopleIfsMindCountryUseActionFacesFailingMediaCrimePolicySucceedDestructionPropertyTerrorRefuseSpreadTerrorismTerroristOur CountryFearfulIndomitable Author:Bruce Schneier
“A united humanity will be able to confront the many troubling problems of the present time: from the menace of terrorism to the humiliating poverty in which millions of human beings live, from the proliferation of weapons to the pandemics and the environmental destruction which threatens the future of our planet.” HumansProblemAbleHumanityReligiousHuman BeingsUnitedPovertyMillionsPlanetsWeaponsDestructionEnvironmentalTerrorismNuclear WeaponsOur PlanetMenaceHumiliatingPresent TimeProliferationPandemicsEnvironmental Destruction Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them.” ThinkingKnowsRealityChallengesPovertyWeaponsMassDestructionClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismBordersWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionEpidemicsProliferation Author:John F. Kerry
“Evil comes in many forms and seems to reinvent itself time and again. But whatever it calls itself - Nazism, Marxist-Leninism, today, terrorism - they all have one thing in common: the destruction, the end of human liberty.” HumansEndsSeemsTodayFormEvilPoliticsCommonLibertyOne ThingDestructionTerrorismNazismMarxist Author:Stephen Harper