Terrorism Quotes

"We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. . . . We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem."
-Yasser Arafat

"We don't have ETA claiming these attacks but (they) bear its signatures... ETA is aiming at disrupting democracy in Spain. Terrorism is always aiming at undermining our principles and values and our ability to live peacefully in democracy."
-Ana Palacio

"Markets are familiar with terrorism now. There has to be something out of the ordinary to create concern."
-Thomas Stoecker

"Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
-Richard Dearlove

"For profit is the No. 1 cause. Then there's revenge, retaliation and now ...terrorism. You still have your traditional fire-setting just for thrills."
-David Ziegler

"As long as Iran advocates the use of terrorism, the U.S. arms embargo will continue."
-Larry Speakes

"We have called for the closure of the US embassy and the severance of relations with the Americans because what is the use of relations when they have imposed economic siege on Sudan, denied its officials from visiting the US and is maintaining the Sudan in the countries it considers supportive of the international terrorism."
-Fatahi Khalil

"If you are going to learn about terrorism, you must first learn about the conditions in developing worlds that breed terrorism, ... Students want to have a better understanding of the events that led to the attacks. It is our (educators) responsibility to help them."
-Jeremy Lewis

"With a threat this serious we had to start speaking with one powerful voice. When the government does something good we will be there to back it up. But when it fails we will be making noise. Climate change should be an electoral issue, like schools, hospitals and terrorism."
-Stephen Tindale

"Effects of Fear and Anger on Perceived Risks of Terrorism. People want to be treated as adults. They want you to level with them even if the truth is uncomfortable."
-Baruch Fischhoff

"Very clear message that the (effort) requires a very persistent battle to remove the infrastructure that terrorism relies upon."
-Saud Al faisal

"It is hard to distinguish between Islamism, radicalism and terrorism in one and the same melting pot."
-Alexander Kalugin

"This is an act of terrorism and apparently the KFC was the target."
-Manzoor Mughal

"Terrorism and dialogue cannot go together. Pakistan is not prepared to listen. The overwhelming sentiment in India is that no meaningful dialogue can be held until Pakistan abandons the use of terrorism."
-Atal Behari Vajpayee

"The question is, do we dare risk failure in this war on terrorism? There isn't anything more threatening to American citizens than the terrorists, and it's going to take what it takes, whatever that number is, ... Defeat is not an option here. Pulling out is not an option."
-John Kyl

"Terrorism is a word that's bandied around a lot at the moment, and the more we use it, the less it means; and the more we use it, the less we have to ask ourselves why someone is doing these things. The important thing is to ask why."
-Hugo Weaving

"This is the future in New York City as far as the police department is concerned. They now believe that in the name of terrorism they can search anyone without suspicion."
-Christopher Dunn

"The government contends it rises to the level of domestic terrorism. We say it?s free speech."
-Andrea Lindsay

"Israel thought at that time a religious group wouldn't want to get engaged in military actions and terrorism."
-Gabriel Sheffer

"Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them."
-Hamid Karzai

"Terrorists have to know that (in Spain) there is going to be a government that is inflexible with terrorism and that wherever they are, they will be hunted down. This has been my policy since I was leader of the opposition."
-Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

"We have to do this. Even though we loose our loved ones, we have to do this to keep our country free from terrorism."
-Dan Hasenauer

"We estimate the entire cost for terrorism and dealing with homeland security to be $3 [billion] to $4 billion, ... Postal customers should not be burdened with the costs of terrorism."
-John Potter

"Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life."
-Jacques Chirac

"Iran doesn't want peace and quiet here. If the Palestinians want a right-wing government, there will be more terrorism, because terrorism always helps the right."
-Yossi Alpher

"It's hard to not be against terrorism, but for some reason, coming out against it is difficult for some on this campus."
-Jillian Bandes

"There's still tremendous fear about corporate fraud, global terrorism and other jitters. At some point people are going to perceive that this is as bad as it gets, and that's when you'll find the capitulation everyone's talking about."
-Tom Shrader

"We cannot allow the U.S. Constitution and our rights to become a victim of terrorism."
-Michael Grecco