“For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy a process that reached its epitome when George W. Bush won re-election by posing as America's defender against gay married terrorists, then announced that he had a mandate to privatize Social Security.” AmericaTurnsSocialProcessCuttingSecurityVictoryGayTaxesMarriedElectionDecadesTerroristWealthyDivisionSocial SecurityDefendersMandatesTax CutsPosingEpitomeDeregulation Author:Paul Krugman
“You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves why it is, on September 11, 2001, before we were in Afghanistan, before we were in Iraq, he committed a dastardly attack killing over 3,000 people. I mean, this is not a matter of negotiation; it's a matter of victory.” PeopleBelieveMeanMatterDoneAsksVictoryKillingIraqCommittedTerroristAfghanistanSeptemberNegotiationBargainsSeptember 11AppeaseSeptember 11 2001 Author:Michael Chertoff
“The recent arrest of Younis Tsouli in the United Kingdom was no doubt a significant victory in the war against online terrorism. Tsouli was one of a very select few individuals who have successfully used the Internet as a means to network and share resources with a host of Al-Qaida-linked terrorist organizations.” MeanWarIndividualDoubtShareInternetVictoryTerrorismTerroristSignificantOnlineHostSelect Author:Evan Kohlmann
“If we accept the notion that terrorists will have immunity because as they fire on civilians they hide behind civilians, then this tactic will be legitimized and the terrorists will have their greatest victory.” IfsBehindsAcceptingFireVictoryNotionTerroristTacticsCiviliansImmunityGreatest Victory Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.” PeopleVictoryHappeningsElectionIraqBlowTerroristThis Day Author:Jim Talent
“We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.” IfsShouldPlayFactsHandsWould BeValuesEnemyVictoryTreatsTerroristSentimentsBetrayCaves Author:Michael Bloomberg
“It's our goddamed city! It's our goddamed country. No terrorist can take it from us for so long as we're free. Once we're not free, the terrorists win! Take it back! You're young enough and stupid enough not to know that you can't possibly win, so you're the only ones who can lead us to victory! Take it back!” KnowsLongCountryEnoughYoungWinningCitiesStupidVictoryTerrorismTerrorist Author:Cory Doctorow
“With almost no time to decide, they [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the capitol from attack. They saved God knows how many lives. They saved the terrorists from claiming the symbolic victory of smashing the center of American government. And they did it as citizens. They allowed us to survive as a country that could fight terror and still maintain liberty and still welcome people from all over the world from every religion and race and culture as long as they shared our values, because ordinary people given no time at all to decide did the right thing.” PeopleKnowsWorldLongStillsCountryGovernmentValuesCultureFightingGivenPowerfulRaceLibertyKnow HowVictoryOrdinaryTerrorSavedTerroristWelcomeRight ThingLoved OnesOrdinary PeopleGod KnowsSymbolicSeptember 11CapitolAmerican GovernmentSmashingRemembrance For 9 11 Author:William J. Clinton
“We've seen their kind before. The terrorists are the heirs to fascism. They have the same wield of power, the same disdain for the individual, the same mad global ambitions. And they will be dealt with in just the same way. Like all fascists, the terrorists can not be appeased. They must be defeated. This struggle will not end in a truce or a treaty. It will end in victory for the United States, our friends and for the cause of freedom.” WayKindEndsStatesIndividualCausesUnitedUnited StatesStruggleVictoryAmbitionMadTerroristFascismDefeatedCan NotTreatiesFascistsHeirsDisdainTruce Author:George W. Bush
“This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail young men who only acted to oppose terrorism in the United States.” MenWarStatesRealityYoungUnitedUnited StatesVictoryProtectTerrorTerrorismTerroristYoung ManJailHypocriteWar On Terror Author:Ricardo Alarcon