Terrorist Quotes - Page 29

• Terrorists can endanger some of us, but the war on terror endangers us all. How much more can the Constitution be diminished before it is completely replaced by arbitrary government power?

  Paul Craig Roberts

  War, Government, Arbitrary

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• Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

  Peter DeFazio

  Tired, Iraq, Majority

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• I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there right before the Taliban took over, literally a few weeks before they took Kabul. The frontline wasn't terribly active, but it was definitely there. And they swept into power.

  Sebastian Junger

  Writing, Training, Mountain

  "A Few Good Men". Interview with Adam Weinstein, motherjones.com. September/October 2010.

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• We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims.

  Ali Khamenei

  Believe, People, Agents

  "Iran: U.S., Israel Behind Iraq Beheadings". www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2004.

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• Yet while on my trip to the Middle East, the London bombings occurred. This was yet another stark reminder that if we don't fight terrorists abroad, they just get closer to our home.

  Kenny Marchant

  Home, Fighting, East

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• Iran stands behind a substantial number of terrorist actions against us, together with Hizballah and the Islamic Jihad. It pretends to care for the Palestinians.

  Moshe Katsav

  Islamic, Iran, Numbers

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• Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the downing of the helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, the suicide attack on the USS Cole, and, of course, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

  Mark McKinnon

  Suicide, Marine, Hostage Crisis

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• The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Islam, Use, Common

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• Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

  Ehud Olmert

  Government, Iran, Anti Semitic

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• In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.

  Bill Pascrell

  Years, Iraq, President

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• I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.

  John S. Pistole

  Want, Procedures, Blueprints

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• In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go.

  Richard Perle

  Iran, Events, Weapons

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.96, Random House

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• Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies.

  Richard Perle

  Law, Bars, Aliens

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.64, Random House

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• Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.

  Richard Perle

  Rights, Community, Citizens

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.192, Random House

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• I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

  Sally Quinn

  Pigs, Two, Ongoing

  "Sally Quinn on Author Karen Armstrong". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.

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• I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland.

  Jim Ramstad

  Support, Als, Al Qaeda

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• Today, we are now deciding how do we treat those who are choosing to carry out a war against us, non-U.S. citizens who are choosing to take us to task for what we believe and who we are. In this conflict, we have to decide how we are going to try to find these terrorists.

  Todd Tiahrt

  War, Believe, Trying

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• We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.

  Tom Tancredo

  Country, Southern, Borders

  Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.

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• It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

  John Yoo

  War, Asking, Strict

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• Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.

  John Yoo

  Mean, Fighting, Important

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• Every Harry Potter film features Lord Voldemort, who stereotypes evil. And movies that discriminate against evil have no place on campus, because evil has feelings, too. Terrorists cry during commercials and mad bombers enjoy long walks and campfires, too.

  Jedediah Bila

  Long Walks, Evil, Mad

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Sooner or later there will be a nuclear 9/11 [by Islamic terrorists] in an American city or that of a US ally... A terrorist nuclear attack against an American city could take many forms. A worst case scenario would be the detonation of a nuclear device within a city. Depending upon the size and sophistication of the weapon, it could kill hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

  David Krieger

  Islamic, Cities, Worst Case Scenario

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• How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and then act accordingly?

  Tom Lantos

  Believe, People, Weakness

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• It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.

  Meles Zenawi

  Intelligent, Interesting, People

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• Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs.

  Cliff Stearns

  Today, Entertainment, Target

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