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“The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be?”

Ifs War Facts Use Poverty Drug Terrorism Invocation

Book:A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency

Source: A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency

“In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those dying were black or brown-skinned non-people living in faraway places such as Zaire and Guatemala, there was no terrorism. When the weak attacked the powerful, spectacularly on 9/11, there was terrorism.”

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Author:John Pilger

“I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism.”

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Author:Richard Shelby

“Our number one responsibility is to protect Americans from terrorism, that’s our job, so being tough on terrorism is enormously important.”

Important Jobs Numbers Responsibility Protect Tough Terrorism

Author:Elizabeth Warren

“I will also continue to strongly oppose any reauthorization of the Patriot Act that does not protect the rights and freedoms of law-abiding Americans with no connection to terrorism.”

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Author:Russ Feingold

“Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper. They want both security and liberty, and unless we give them both, and we can if we try, we have failed.”

Ifs Want Giving Trying Country Character Liberty Security Defeat Terrorism Security And Liberty

Author:Russ Feingold

“The international community faces ever growing phenomena that transcend borders. I am specifically referring to terrorism, transnational organized crime, the global drug problem, corruption, traffic in persons, sexual exploitation, trafficking of children and adolescents, and smuggling of arms, among others.”

“Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from the discourse of civilized human life.”

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Author:Alan Keyes

“It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list is always to get reelected. Nothing else comes close. The economy, the stock market, the war on terrorism ... NOTHING comes ahead of getting reelected. Staying in power is job number one.”

War Jobs Political Numbers Economy Politician Terrorism Lists Staying War On Terror War On Terrorism

Author:Neal Boortz

“Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.”

People War Winning Nations Levels Moral Vision Struggle Terrorism Clarity War On Terror War On Terrorism

Author:Adam Schiff

“In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle.”

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Author:Aleksander Kwasniewski

“Our eventual aim is simply stated - that there should be no safe haven for terrorists anywhere in the world. We say to the people of Afghanistan: 'You have been ill served by those who have made your country a centre for terrorism across the world. As soon as this stops, the world will work with you to build a better future for you and for your children.”

People World Should Children Has Beens Made Country Havens Safe Our Children Aim Ill Terrorism Terrorist Your Children Afghanistan September Centre September 11 Better Future Safe Haven

Author:Jack Straw

“The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.”

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Author:Greg Mortenson

“At an early age Jesse often said he wanted to be a soldier, and before long he was one. He was there with his military brotherhood, fighting terrorism there so we wouldn't have to fight it here.”

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Author:Paula Gonzalez

“In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. For me, I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. The root cause of the terrorism is the stuff that you as a government allow to happen and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it's easy for us because it's really just some oil, which we can really get on our own.”

“In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.”

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Author:Phyllis Schlafly

“For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.”

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Book:An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

Source: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror

“It also has potential to cause problems to individuals who had nothing to do with the terrorism issue.”

Problem Individual Causes Issues Terrorism

Author:Marty Natalegawa

“Having members of the Bush administration actually sit down and discuss counter terrorism with the very countries that support terrorists is absurd.”

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Author:Frank Lautenberg

“The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism.”

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Author:Frank Lautenberg

“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.”

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Author:David Livingstone

“If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.”

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Author:John Conyers

“Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere”

Spread Terrorism Tentacles

Author:John Major

“There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism”

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Author:John Ashcroft

“We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort”

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Author:John Ashcroft

“Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.”

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Author:Kjell Magne Bondevik

“And we need to maintain our foothold in the fight against terrorism and terrorist groups and respond to any degradation of Iraqi security or stability.”

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Author:Rick Larsen

“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.”

Believe Seems Political Politics Terrorism

Author:Josef Mengele

“The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women.”

Fighting Rights Dignity Terrorism

Author:Laura Bush

“We have become a nation ruled by fear. Since the end of the Second World War, various political leaders have fostered fear in the American people--fear of communism, fear of terrorism, fear of immigrants, fear of people based on race and religion, fear of gays and lesbians in love who just want to get married and fear of people who are somehow different. It is fear that allows political leaders to manipulate us all and distort our national priorities.”

Source: A Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Man's Fight to Stop It

“To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.”

“Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.”

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Author:Robert D. Kaplan

“Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism.”

War Real Done Issues Terrorism Concrete Palestinian Israeli

Author:Bob Hawke

“Kevin Freeman has been warning America’s leadership of the dangers of financial terrorism for the last three years. It is happening now and Kevin provides the evidence in his book Secret Weapon. Every American needs to understand how our financial markets have been manipulated by people who want to destroy the nation and how they can do even greater damage in the future. This book is a critical read for everyone.”

“The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested”

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Author:Michael M. Honda

“War can't end terrorism. War is terrorism.”

War Ends Terrorism

Author:Philip Berrigan

“The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.”

Has Beens War Government Strong Player Keys Terrorism Contribution War On Terror War On Terrorism Musharraf

Author:Cofer Black

“The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.”

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Author:Cofer Black

“Cyber will be part of any future conflict - whether it's a nation state or terrorism.”

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Author:Cofer Black

“As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today's war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.”

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Author:William Eldridge Odom

“I don't believe we are, because I believe that just as 9/11 was an attack on a very populous area, terrorism also looks to see where you can go and where you're not expected.”

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Author:Bob Wise

“And finally, let me just say it is a fact that not every city can dedicate resources to terrorism.”

Facts Cities Resources Let Me Terrorism

Author:Vito Fossella

“It is a war built on lies that has fanned the flames of international terrorism”

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Author:Alex Salmond

“Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.”

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Author:Vito Fossella

“There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.”

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Author:Maajid Nawaz

“Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.”

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Author:Mark Poster

“The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism.”

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Author:Thomas E. Mann

“With Stewart International Airport located here, the New Windsor Police Department has an added responsibility to take anti-terrorism precautions while protecting our area.”

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Author:Sue Kelly

“Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”

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Author:Abdul Kalam

“Saudi hijackers first came into contact with al-Qaeda and went through Terrorism 101 when they signed up for the jihad in Afghanistan.”

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Book:Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11

Source: Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11

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