War On Terror Quotes - Page 7

• Similarly, today, we do not know what will happen as we wage the War on Terror. We do know that we can count on the strong support from our closest ally and friend in the world in winning this war to secure our freedoms and the freedoms for all peoples throughout the world.

  Christopher Bond

  Strong, War, Winning

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• Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

  Laura Bush

  Country, War, Men

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• This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy.

  Marsha Blackburn

  War, Winning, Iraq

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• It's responsible for the sloppiness and imprecision of the War on Terror, for example. It's responsible for taking people's tax dollars and spending the country into debt on useless wars and pointless pork projects to buy votes. It's responsible for bailing out the banks instead of standing up for the people the banks cheated. It's responsible for plenty.

  Timothy Hallinan

  Country, War, People

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• We might have new issues involving information technology for example, or new questions arising out of the war on terror, or new issues arising from natural disasters that can't be anticipated.

  Cass Sunstein

  War, Technology, Issues

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• The War on Terror has been and continues to be, above all, a war on the most basic liberties and political safeguards that we're all taught are what distinguishes the US and keeps it free.

  Glenn Greenwald

  War, Political, Liberty

  "Charles Krauthammer's false statement about the US Constitution" by Glenn Greenwald, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2013.

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• It is not the conservative psyche that needs analysis. Conservatives were right in the Cold War --so right that liberals are pretending they were with us all along -- and they are right about Iraq. It is Leftists who need to account for their consistently disgraceful positions throughout the Cold War and into the War on Terror.

  David Limbaugh

  War, Iraq, Needs

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• Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious freedoms we are fighting to preserve as we continue to wage the war on terror.

  George Pataki

  War, Fighting, Freedom Of Speech

  "Lenny Bruce Posthumously Pardoned" by wenn.com, December 24, 2003.

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• I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism. And courts are not military commanders.

  Lindsey Graham

  Military, War, Thinking

  "Sen. Lindsey Graham talks Hagel, Brennan nominations; Sen. Rand Paul on the Obama agenda, Republican policy". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2013.

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• When our children and grandchildren look back on this period, one question will overwhelm all the rest: Did we do everything in our power to fight and to win the war on terror? That's the fundamental question this generation faces.

  George W. Bush

  Children, War, Fighting

  Speech at a Georgia rally, www.nytimes.com. October 31, 2006.

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• Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.

  George W. Bush

  War, Iraq, Goal

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. October 31, 2006.

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• I really wanted to talk about the War on Terror and say that both sides were completely incompetent [in addressing it]. You can't blame the other side when you're involved in it.

  Lewis Black

  War, Sides, Blame

  Interview with Tom Lewis, www.scpr.org. September 7, 2012.

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• Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror.

  Malalai Joya

  War, People, Democracy

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• The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, War, Reality

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, War, Intelligence Gathering

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I am one of the few people I know of who has argued in print that torture may be an ethical necessity in our war on terror.

  Sam Harris

  War, People, May

  "In Defense of Torture" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2005.

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• As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.

  Jon Porter

  War, Hero, Fighting

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• Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?

  Terry Jones

  Country, War, Oxford

  "Powell speaks with forked tongue" by Terry Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2003.

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• A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.

  Ben Nelson

  War, Winning, Iraq

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• Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

  Christopher Bond

  Running, War, Thinking

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• This is a major step forward in achieving our objective, which is an ally having a democratic Iraq, a country able to sustain itself and defend itself, a country that will be an ally in the war on terror and a country which will set such a powerful example to others in the region.

  Tucker Carlson

  Country, Powerful, War

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Bush and his commanders in the war on terrorism are willing to waste non-terrorists to kill terrorists. Right or wrong, that is not caring about the dignity of every life.

  David Corn

  War, Caring, Waste

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• Don't you just hate it when the war on terrorism interferes with political correctness and liberalism's equality fetish?

  Don Feder

  Hate, War, Political

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• Usama bin Laden feels like Iraq is a part of this War on Terror. He has made it clear that he would like for us to leave before Iraq can defend itself or govern itself and sustain itself, so that he could have a safe haven from which to launch further attacks, a safe haven from which to topple modern governments, a safe haven from which to, you know, be able to get a hold of oil resources.

  George W. Bush

  War, Safe Haven, Oil

  "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 30, 2006.

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• The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a shared history. We have shared values, democracy, freedom, and we have been in all the wars together in modern history, the World War, Second World War, Cold War, Vietnam, Korea, now the war on terrorism.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Strong, War, Korea

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