“Any play that makes an audience think out of the box, that makes connections to life and names our pain and by doing so makes our pain subject to thinking and the process of understanding, is doing something inherently political. By promoting understanding, by putting experience in context, by making connections between the normal and the rational, theatre is an act of anti-terrorism. It stimulates courage and a survival spirit. In that sense of political, there are a lot of serious plays doing their work in the world.” ThinkingWorldPlayPainPoliticalSpiritNamesProcessUnderstandingAudienceSubjectsSeriousNormalSurvivalConnectionsBoxesTerrorismTheatreRationalPromotingAnti Terrorism Author:John Lahr
“Serious research and development efforts are required to produce technologies, strategies, organizations, and trained personnel who can go into failed states, work with our allies and friends, and promote the political and economic reforms that will meet popular needs and reduce the sources of terrorism and conflict.” NeedsStatesPoliticalEffortTechnologyEconomicProduceSeriousSourceDevelopmentConflictResearchOrganizationStrategyTerrorismReformAlliesPersonnelResearch And DevelopmentEconomic Reforms Author:Wesley Clark
“If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.” IfsEndsStatesSidesEffortAcceptingStepsSeriousPercentIndependentTerrorIsraelTerrorismMinistersPrimePalestinianPrime Minister Author:Ariel Sharon
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“We can't accommodate terrorism. When someone uses the slaughter of innocent people to advance a so-called political cause, at that point the political cause becomes immoral and unjust and they should be eliminated from any serious discussion, any serious debate.” PeopleShouldUsePoliticalCausesSeriousTerrorismDebateInnocentDiscussionUnjustImmoralSlaughterAccommodate Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I believe, I am pretty certain that virtually everyone speaking from the United Nations platform is going to talk about the fight, about the need to fight terrorism, and I cannot avoid this issue, either. This is quite understandable because it is a serious common threat to all of us; it is a common challenge to all of us.” NeedsBelieveCertainFightingI BelieveNationsChallengesUnitedCommonIssuesSeriousThreatTerrorismPlatformsUnited NationsI Am Pretty Author:Vladimir Putin
“Because we're not as serious about terrorism as we can be, people all across the globe feel like they can just murder innocent people.” PeopleFeelsSeriousMurderTerrorismInnocentGlobes Author:Kellyanne Conway
“There's a problem of terrorism in the world. There's always been terrorism. There will be terrorism. You have to deal with it surgically. You have to deal with it in a serious way.” WorldWayProblemDealsSeriousTerrorism Author:Robert Scheer