Alan Dershowitz Quotes About Terrorism

Quotes about: Terrorism

• If America has the right to target Osama bin Laden, or terrorists, of course Israel has the right to defend itself from terrorism.

  Alan Dershowitz

  America, Israel, Target

• Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Damage, Warfare, Terrorism

• You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Successful, Thinking, Would Be

• I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate.

  Alan Dershowitz

  College, Israel, Years

• There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish between the two.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Two, Kind, Terrorism

• When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews, a religious group. But if the religious group is the subject of the persecution based on their religion, it's perfectly OK for a First Amendment-bound society to emphasize their rescue, just as it is perfectly OK to emphasize the fact that many, if not all of the perpetrators of Islamic terrorism, come from countries with a history of supporting terrorism.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Country, Religious, War

  Source: www.npr.org

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