“The driving force behind today's terrorist threat is Islamist fundamentalism. The struggle we are engaged in is, at root, ideological. During the last century a strain of Islamist thinking has developed which, like other totalitarianisms, such as Nazism and Communism, offers its followers a form of redemption through violence.” ThinkingTodayLastsFormReligionForceBehindsStruggleViolenceCenturyOffersRootsThreatDrivingTerroristRedemptionCommunismEngagedFollowersFundamentalismNaziStrainTotalitarianismIdeologicalIsmsDriving ForceIslamists Author:David Cameron
“We are going to see a great number of articles in the future from so-called experts and public officials. They will warn about more violence, more kidnappings, and more terrorists. Mass media, the armed forces, and intelligence agencies will saturate our lives with fascist scare tactics and 'predictions' that have already been planned to come true.” ForceNumbersOur LivesViolenceMediaMassTerroristExpertsAgencyOfficialsScareArticlesPredictionsTacticsFascistsArmed ForcesMass MediaKidnappingPublic OfficialsIntelligence AgenciesScare Tactics Author:Mae Brussell
“Are terrorists going to be deterred - are terrorists going to be scared if we react violently? No. They love it. That's what they dote on. They dote on violence. They dote on having more reasons to commit more terrorism.” IfsReasonViolenceScaredTerrorismTerroristCommit Author:Howard Zinn
“The real damage from terrorist attacks doesn't come from the explosion. The real damage is done after the explosion, by the victims, who repeatedly and determinedly attack themselves, giving over reason in favor of terror... Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy.” GivingRealReasonDoneViolenceHundredVictimTerrorTerrorismFavorsBillionsTerroristDamageExplosionsTerrorist AttacksIdiocyActs Of ViolenceMagnifyingSelf GivingDamage Is Done Author:Cory Doctorow
“American mission in Iraq is clear: We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We're advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren.” ChildrenWarHelpingNationsClearViolenceMiddleSourceOur ChildrenFoundationIraqTerrorMissionsEastTerroristAlliesHuntingMiddle EastGrandchildrenAdvancingWar On TerrorInstability Author:George W. Bush
“I never, never supporting any violence and everybody that know me, and all the countries here they know well that is no one, nowhere that the former prime minister will become terrorist to hurt their own country. No way.” KnowsWayWellsCountryHurtViolenceTerroristFormerMinistersPrimeKnow MePrime Minister Author:Thaksin Shinawatra
“Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.” ShouldViolenceOrganizationIsraelTerroristIsolatedRenounceHamas Author:Aaron Klein
“Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.” PeopleWayHas BeensTwoWarStatesRealityGovernmentReligionPoliticsSidesCommunityLeadershipSimpleVisionClassTakenClearViolenceGenerationsPolicyPureEthicsGainsAdvantageOrganizationVictimMajorityStrategyUnityKillingHuman RightsIraqTerrorismTerroristIdeologyBordersCivil WarTwo ThingsIslamicAlsTerritoryForeign PolicySyriaStrifeBoth SidesSlaughterAl QaedaIsilIslamic TerrorismTaken Advantage Author:Barack Obama
“There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself. Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related.” WellsMayViolenceMediaTerrorismTerroristCeaseRelatedManipulateGestalt Author:William Gibson
“When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism, it creates an environment that is ripe for terrorists to exploit. When peaceful, democratic change is impossible, it feeds into the terrorist propaganda that violence is the only answer available.” PeopleHumansChangeLinesAnswersEnvironmentRightsViolenceImpossibleDemocraticHuman RightsAvailableTerroristViolentPeacefulPropagandaDeniedOppressedExploitsDissentExtremismRipe Author:Barack Obama
“A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has fought terrorists so wisely most of the time since 9/11. But there are some enemies that need to be destroyed by force lest they destroy much much more.” ThinkingNeedsMeanWarWinningForceEnemyViolenceSeriousApproachProgramTerroristDestroyedPacifistCan't Win Author:Philip Gourevitch
“The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups that are called terrorists and subnational groups.” StatesDoneLevelsPowerfulViolenceGroupsDestructionTerrorTerroristExceed Author:Noam Chomsky
“We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people, around the world and in our country, to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone-wolf actors.” PeopleKnowsWorldCountryActorsViolenceGroupsTerribleTerroristCommitOur CountryAround The WorldLoneActs Of ViolenceIsilLone WolfTerrorist Groups Author:Barack Obama
“The 'terrorist' behavior of petitioners is remarkably similar to the conspiracy of violence and intimidation carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.” ViolenceBehaviorTerroristConspiracyIntimidationKu Klux Klan Author:Dawn Johnsen
“Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.” WellsCommonViolenceEuropeTerroristEducatedLegitimacyMisuseWell Educated Author:Mia Bloom
“Fundamentalist Muslim terrorists kill three thousand Americans, but America isn't supposed to respond, because if we respond, they'll respond. We always hear about 'karmic retributions' and the 'cycle of violence' only after we've been hit.” IfsAmericaThreeViolenceThousandTerroristCyclesRetributionFundamentalistCycle Of ViolenceMuslim Terrorists Book:Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism Source: Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
“The British leadership has acknowledged that it only became possible to end the violence in North Ireland when it stopped thinking of the [Irish Republican Army] as "a terrorist organization" and began treating it as a political actor with genuine grievances that deserved to be addressed.” ThinkingEndsPoliticalActorsViolenceRepublicanOrganizationArmyBritishTerroristGenuineIrelandGrievance Author:Richard A. Falk
“Did you see, after this horrific tragedy in Boston, that [Barack] Obama cannot utter the word 'terrorist.' It's not politically correct. He even called the Fort Hood murderer 'workplace violence.' Because it's politically incorrect to talk about 'jihad,' or to talk about 'terrorist,' or to talk about 'the war on terror.' He won't say those words, because they're politically incorrect.” WarViolenceTragedyTerrorTerroristBarackWorkplaceMurdererBostonHoodWar On TerrorPolitically CorrectHorrificJihadForts Author:Rafael Cruz
“I think Americans have every reason to be worried about ISIS and the network of terrorist groups, because they have proven to be sophisticated and effective in wreaking violence and murder in many parts of the world, including in San Bernardino with their somehow connected radicalization of that couple there.” ThinkingWorldReasonViolenceGroupsCoupleMurderIncludingConnectedTerroristWorriedSophisticatedProvenIsisTerrorist Groups Author:Hillary Clinton
“If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what do we conclude from that? We conclude exactly what Kissinger was kind enough to say: These doctrines are unilateral. They are not intended as doctrines of international law or doctrines of international affairs. They are doctrines that grant the U.S. the right to use force and violence and to harbor terrorists, but not anyone else.” IfsKindImportantStatesEnoughUseLawForceViolenceAffairInternationalTerroristDoctrineRevolutionaryGrantsHarborsInternational LawInternational AffairsKissinger Author:Noam Chomsky
“There are many difficult challenges in Afghanistan. And we still have Taliban. We still have terrorist organizations there, and we will see violence and we will see conflict there also in the coming years,.” DifficultChallengesViolenceConflictTerroristAfghanistanTaliban Author:Jens Stoltenberg