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Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. -- George W. Bush
A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force. -- William Blum
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. -- Margaret Thatcher
America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people. -- Nancy Pelosi
We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans. -- Ellen Tauscher
We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned? -- A. B. Yehoshua
The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action. -- Isabel Paterson
Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist. -- Yasser Arafat
We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them. -- George W. Bush
With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book. -- Ban Ki-moon
As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives. -- John O. Brennan
You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at certain points and becoming one. -- Sibel Edmonds
Doing heroin is like walking around with a terrorist as your friend. It's like taking a terrorist around to parties You never know when it's going to blow up on you. -- Julian Casablancas
The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody -- Oliver North
I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim. -- Maya Angelou
I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk. -- Ulrich Beck
I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy. -- Henry A. Kissinger
I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. -- Nelson Mandela
We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping. -- L. Neil Smith
In survey after survey, people report that the greatest dangers they face are, in this order: terrorist attack, plane crashes and nuclear accidents. This despite the fact that these three combined have killed fewer people in the past half-century than car accidents do in any given year. -- Will Self
With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance? -- Jay Leno
The suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 innocent people and wounded hundreds more. All of them must live with their memories. And the rest of us will always remember where we were when we heard that London had been hit by the worst terrorist attack in its history. -- Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
Terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won the political and ideological war with one terrorist act. It is mindboggling that we are that weak as a society. -- Rocco Galati
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead. -- Barack Obama
Terrorist bombers on the left, fascist plots on the right. -- Ray Davies
Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill. -- Glenn Greenwald
The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist. -- Glenn Greenwald
Terrorist organizations with specific political agendas may be encouraged and emboldened by Yasser Arafat's transformation from outlaw to statesman. -- John F. Kerry
There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told. -- Michael Moore
The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats. -- Glenn Greenwald
I know it's a really hard concept to process, but the fact that Govt accuses someone of being a Terrorist doesn't mean they are. -- Glenn Greenwald
Terrorists hate Americans. Indians hate each other. A terrorist will blow up an airport. Indians like to work at the airport. That would be counter-productive. -- Russell Peters
Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and sisters into grief and despair -- Pope Benedict XVI
Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we hear of Pakistan it's in that context. -- Mohsin Hamid
Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they know they will set off a media frenzy. -- Steven Pinker
The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets. -- Tom Clancy
Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist. -- Damian Lewis
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. -- Gloria Steinem
The backbone of our nation's domestic defense against terrorist attacks will continue to be the men and women in local law enforcement and emergency services. -- Saxby Chambliss
No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place. -- Cofer Black
If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster. -- Patrick J. Kennedy
We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons. -- Theodore C. Sorensen
In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first. -- Kay Granger
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
It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on foreign soil, particularly when you have terrorists with no concern for human life. -- Saxby Chambliss
On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, we had the terrorist attack in the United States. -- Isabel Allende
Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information. -- Roger Wicker
Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue. -- King Hussein I
Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties. -- Kevin Mitnick
The biggest terrorist is the God of the Quran. I know this is very dangerous and this will offend many people. The more you follow the steps of the prophet of Islam and the God of Islam, the more you get close to being a terrorist. -- Mosab Hassan Yousef
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
Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11. -- Ronald Kessler
Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people. The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. -- Noam Chomsky
We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend a broken relationship; no educational DVD can transform a child into a baby Einstein; no drone strike can end a terrorist conflict. Sadly, there is no such thing as 'One Tip to a Flat Stomach.' -- Carl Honore
We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States. -- Dick Cheney
The biggest terrorist is Obama. -- Lupe Fiasco
The NEA is a terrorist organization. -- Rod Paige
Everyone is now a potential terrorist. -- Henry Giroux
Bill Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist. -- John Batchelor
Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government. -- Ehud Olmert
The biggest terrorist is George W. Bush. -- Cindy Sheehan
Some people are more terrorist than others -- John Keegan
If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist. -- Leon Panetta
The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself. -- Anthony S. Fauci
The 9/11 terrorist attack was a faith-based initiative. -- Dan Barker
Hezbollah has never been a terrorist organisation! -- George Galloway
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. -- Al Sharpton
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter -- Gerald Seymour
How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack. -- Sally Quinn
Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club. -- Edwin Meese
He's a terrorist. Rush Limbaugh is a terrorist. -- Joy Behar
Nature is the worst terrorist you can imagine. -- Harvey V. Fineberg
Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield. -- Ami Ayalon
The terrorist is the one with the small bomb. -- Brendan Behan
The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target. -- Vito Fossella
Indeed, there are Islamic terrorist training camps in America -- Allen West
Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks. -- Salman Rushdie
Islam abhors and absolutely condemns terrorism and any terrorist activity. -- Fethullah Gulen
It's illegal to be a terrorist in the United States. -- Allan Nairn
We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations. -- Paul Cellucci
The line between patriot and terrorist is drawn by the historian. -- Tit Elingtin
Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization. -- Lois Capps
Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I think there has been an exaggeration [of the terrorist threat]. -- John F. Kerry
The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. -- Joseph Conrad
If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role. -- Persis Khambatta
If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington. -- Muammar al-Gaddafi
He was a hateful terrorist who will be missed by all. -- Jack Straw
Usually I play the bad guy role, a terrorist or someone. -- Sayed Badreya
I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you. -- D. J. MacHale
There were no terrorists in Iraq. There's never been an Iraqi terrorist. -- Jodie Evans
When government misleads the country about a terrorist attack, that erodes trust. -- Paul Ryan
Democracy has many enemies, and the terrorist is only one of them. -- Paul Johnson
We've got to stop thinking everybody who is Muslim is a terrorist. -- Lisa Ling
I don't like littering and I think it leads to terrorist activities. -- Dane Cook
Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing. -- Cliff Stearns
The worst terrorist crimes going on right now are the drone campaigns. -- Noam Chomsky
We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster -- Fred Thompson
Russell Defreitas plotted to commit a terrorist attack that he hoped would rival 9/11. -- Loretta Lynch
A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence. -- John Bruton
The central fact is that overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion. -- Robert Pape
Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem. -- Brent Scowcroft
The real terrorist is the American government, state terrorism unleashed against the world. -- Bernardine Dohrn
You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It's like Harvard. -- Donald Trump
The terrorist threat has decreased in some ways, because Bin Laden is dead. -- Tim Kaine
A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim. -- Richard Armitage
I do not believe, that it is true or right that Islam is terrorist. -- Pope Francis
And the separatist terrorist organization, PKK, had easy access to Turkey to, inside Turkey. -- Bulent Ecevit
Internationally, I have obviously been deeply concerned about how we fight the terrorist threat. -- Barack Obama
The Qataris have cut off support for the most extreme elements of terrorist organizations. -- Joe Biden
Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it. -- Bill Gates
The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. -- Noam Chomsky
You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. -- Barack Obama
I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free. -- Theresa May
The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people. -- John Perkins
Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is. -- Al Pacino
The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack. -- Bob Etheridge
Pakistan should be recognised as a sporting nation and not as a terrorist country. -- Jahangir Khan
The real terrorist threats are George W. Bush and his band of brown-shirted thugs. -- Sandra Bernhard

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