Terrorism Quotes
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“Everyone鈥檚 worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there鈥檚 really an easy way: Stop participating in it.”
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“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”
― 1984
― 1984

“How do you defeat terrorism? Don鈥檛 be terrorized.”
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

“Just because I wear black and keep a private journal, that doesn't mean I'm going to blow up the school. Or terrorize mindless cheerleaders, for that matter.”
― Nevermore
― Nevermore

“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we鈥檝e never met.”
― Love Is the Higher Law
― Love Is the Higher Law

“The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a multi-party political system, universal adult suffrage, accountable government, Jews, homosexuals, women's rights, pluralism, secularism, short skirts, dancing, beardlessness, evolution theory, sex. There are tyrants, not Muslims.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that we should now define ourselves not only by what we are for but by what we are against. I would reverse that proposition, because in the present instance what we are against is a no brainer. Suicidist assassins ram wide-bodied aircraft into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and kill thousands of people: um, I'm against that. But what are we for? What will we risk our lives to defend? Can we unanimously concur that all the items in the preceding list -- yes, even the short skirts and the dancing -- are worth dying for?
The fundamentalist believes that we believe in nothing. In his world-view, he has his absolute certainties, while we are sunk in sybaritic indulgences. To prove him wrong, we must first know that he is wrong. We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love. These will be our weapons. Not by making war but by the unafraid way we choose to live shall we defeat them.
How to defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized. Don't let fear rule your life. Even if you are scared.”
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that we should now define ourselves not only by what we are for but by what we are against. I would reverse that proposition, because in the present instance what we are against is a no brainer. Suicidist assassins ram wide-bodied aircraft into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and kill thousands of people: um, I'm against that. But what are we for? What will we risk our lives to defend? Can we unanimously concur that all the items in the preceding list -- yes, even the short skirts and the dancing -- are worth dying for?
The fundamentalist believes that we believe in nothing. In his world-view, he has his absolute certainties, while we are sunk in sybaritic indulgences. To prove him wrong, we must first know that he is wrong. We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love. These will be our weapons. Not by making war but by the unafraid way we choose to live shall we defeat them.
How to defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized. Don't let fear rule your life. Even if you are scared.”
― Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

“And what the sharp old medic suggested to the Pentagon sent shivers down their spines and set the alarm bells ringing all the way to the White House”
― The Devil's Trinity
― The Devil's Trinity
“You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you鈥檙e unclean, shameful, indecent; it鈥檚 like you owe the world an apology for your very existence.”
― An Ishmael of Syria
― An Ishmael of Syria
“The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no questions asked. It gives us peace and comfort. As simple as I was, I found that resorting to this absolute nonsense was the root of all our problems. It was a road of willingly-learned helplessness, for no action could make a difference, thereby no action was needed.”
― An Ishmael of Syria
― An Ishmael of Syria

“賲鬲賴賲賵賳 賳丨賳 亘丕賱廿乇賴丕亘
兀匕丕 賰鬲亘賳丕 毓賳 亘賯丕賷丕 賵胤賳 ...
賲禺賱毓 ... 賲賮賰賰 賲賴鬲乇卅
兀卮賱丕丐賴 鬲賳丕孬乇鬲 兀卮賱丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 毓賳賵丕賳賴 ...
賵兀賲丞 賱賷爻 賱賴丕 爻賲丕亍 !!
***
毓賳 賵胤賳 ... 賷賲賳毓賳丕 丕賳 賳卮鬲乇賷
丕賱噩乇賷丿丞
兀賵 賳爻賲毓 丕賱兀賳亘丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 ... 賰賱 丕賱毓氐丕賮賷乇 亘賴
賲賲賳賵毓丞 丿賵賲丕 賲賳 丕賱睾賳丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 ...
賰鬲丕亘賴 鬲毓賵丿賵丕 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘賵丕
賲賳 卮丿丞 丕賱乇毓亘 ...
毓賱賶 丕賱賴賵丕亍 !!”
―
兀匕丕 賰鬲亘賳丕 毓賳 亘賯丕賷丕 賵胤賳 ...
賲禺賱毓 ... 賲賮賰賰 賲賴鬲乇卅
兀卮賱丕丐賴 鬲賳丕孬乇鬲 兀卮賱丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 毓賳賵丕賳賴 ...
賵兀賲丞 賱賷爻 賱賴丕 爻賲丕亍 !!
***
毓賳 賵胤賳 ... 賷賲賳毓賳丕 丕賳 賳卮鬲乇賷
丕賱噩乇賷丿丞
兀賵 賳爻賲毓 丕賱兀賳亘丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 ... 賰賱 丕賱毓氐丕賮賷乇 亘賴
賲賲賳賵毓丞 丿賵賲丕 賲賳 丕賱睾賳丕亍 ...
毓賳 賵胤賳 ...
賰鬲丕亘賴 鬲毓賵丿賵丕 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘賵丕
賲賳 卮丿丞 丕賱乇毓亘 ...
毓賱賶 丕賱賴賵丕亍 !!”
―

“That鈥檚 the second time you鈥檝e apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line.”
― The Devil's Trinity
― The Devil's Trinity

“What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.”
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“Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free聴and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?”
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“Osama, baah!" Bashir roared.
"Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America, Osama is in every home. As a military man, I know you can never fight and win against someone who can shoot at you once and then run off and hide while you have to remain eternally on guard. You have to attack the source of your enemy's strength. In America's case, that's not Osama or Saddam or anyone else. The enemy is ignorance. That only way to defeat it is to build relationships with these people, to draw them into the modern world with education and business. Otherwise the fight will go on forever.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
"Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America, Osama is in every home. As a military man, I know you can never fight and win against someone who can shoot at you once and then run off and hide while you have to remain eternally on guard. You have to attack the source of your enemy's strength. In America's case, that's not Osama or Saddam or anyone else. The enemy is ignorance. That only way to defeat it is to build relationships with these people, to draw them into the modern world with education and business. Otherwise the fight will go on forever.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

“read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.”
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“Every morning
I wake up with the news
of bloodshed.
I feel my body,
desperate to know whether
I鈥檓 still alive.”
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I wake up with the news
of bloodshed.
I feel my body,
desperate to know whether
I鈥檓 still alive.”
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“There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.”
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“He had always been so careful, never revealed his true identity. But somehow, they鈥檇 fingered him, and his life had changed forever鈥攆or the worst. He couldn鈥檛 help but think that some颅one in the Central Intelligence Agency had turned on him. One of his own.”
― Scavenger Hunt
― Scavenger Hunt
“Diversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-consuming hatred. It can only be conquered by recognizing and claiming the wealth of values it represents for all.”
― Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
― Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

“In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers鈥� broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.”
― The River of Winged Dreams
― The River of Winged Dreams

“Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.”
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“And then, on September 11, the world fractured.
It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days that would follow--the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass; the slow-motion cascade of the towers crumbling into themselves; the ash-covered figures wandering the streets; the anguish and the fear. Nor do I pretend to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.”
― Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day and the days that would follow--the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass; the slow-motion cascade of the towers crumbling into themselves; the ash-covered figures wandering the streets; the anguish and the fear. Nor do I pretend to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction.”
― Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“They were holding their weapons but could not risk opening a window or exiting the vehicle to return fire. Then they saw one of their attackers pull out a grenade.”
― Enemies Among Us
― Enemies Among Us
“Ask a deeply religious Christian if he鈥檇 rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don鈥檛 seem so bad lately.”
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