“Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.” Has BeensCountryDoneHomeTogetherPoliticalNextEffortStepsTakenProtectRemainsTerrorSignificantPhasesSpectrumPolitical Spectrum Author:Warren Rudman
“Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.” UsePoliticalPurposeMurderTerrorTerrorismCivilians Author:Al Franken
“All political movements are like this - we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side who disagree with us are heretics, and they start becoming enemies. With it comes an absolute conviction of your own moral superiority. There's oversimplification in everything, and a terror of flexibility.” PeopleRealityPoliticalPoliticsSidesCommunityPartyMoralEnemyGenerationsHuman NatureMovementBecomingEthicsAbsolutesStrategyUnityTerrorConvictionIdeologyTeaVotingDisagreeFree SpeechSuperiorityPolitical PartiesFlexibilityCivilityDisobedienceTea PartyCivil DisobedienceHereticPartisanshipThird PartiesPolitical MovementsOversimplificationMoral Superiority Author:Doris Lessing
“The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the exception, with no taboos, no a priori norms (‘human rights,’ ‘democracy’), respect for which would prevent us from ‘resignifying’ terror, the ruthless exercise of power, the spirit of sacrifice … if this radical choice is decried by some bleeding-heart liberals as Linksfaschismus, so be it!” IfsHumansHeartPoliticalSpiritChoicesDemocracyRightsImpossibleSacrificeExerciseAssumingHuman RightsTerrorRadicalExceptionRealisticNormRuthlessTabooBleedingUniversalityBleeding Heart Author:Slavoj Žižek
“Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation.” MeanPoliticalTerrorConfrontation Author:Klaus Kinkel
“I worry about international terror as a method for bringing about political change or sociological change in different countries. And this concerns me because our homeland is not - we see now, is not immune from this kind of dastardly attack. And so I worry about that a lot.” KindDifferentCountryPoliticalWorryConcernMethodInternationalTerrorHomelandImmuneDifferent CountriesSociologicalPolitical Change Author:George H. W. Bush
“To give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.” NeedsGivingHomeHumorLawPoliticalToolsTrackTerrorLaw EnforcementEnforcementPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“We're certain there are people that can't stand what America stands for... We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's terror, and there's missiles and I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to maintain the peace, we better have a military of high morale, and I'm certain that under this administration, morale in the military is dangerously low.” PeopleWorldHumorAmericaPoliticalCertainMilitaryThis WorldLowsTerrorAdministrationMissilesMadmenMoralePolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.” WellsCountryPoliticalDifferencesClearCrimeOrdinaryTerrorTerroristFormerRegimesRepresentatives Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.” ThinkingStillsDonePoliticalFightingForceLeaderTerrorSolveTerrorismBreedingPolitical Leaders Author:Mikhail Gorbachev