Quotes About Terrorism

We cannot be complacent about the determination of radical Islamic extremists to destroy our freedoms.

We cannot let our guard down in the face of terror.

We must recognize that we cannot allow the Islamic State to continue to present an existential threat to America.

Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens of corporate scandals. It was the third consecutive annual decline, the first time that has happened in 60 years.

If ISIS is using social media to track me, that's a dream come true in my book. These guys are a bunch of bullies that just prey on the weak.

Terrorists do not engage in terror attacks because they are strong. They engage in these attacks because they are weak.

The more we are consuming oil that either comes from places that are bent on our destruction or helping those who are... the more we are enabling those who are trying to kill us.

Eleven days before 9/11, I was on a plane with the 9/11 hijackers who were carrying out a dry run.

Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11.

As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Whether core al Qaeda or its offshoots like AQAP, ISIS, or the many others - we are working with our partners to find and disrupt them, wherever they are, whether they're plotting attacks on Americans here at home or abroad.

Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.

Many of our forces collapsed when Daesh rolled into Iraq.

The survival of ISIS's ideology is success enough for them. We must spare no effort in denying ISIS this success.

'9/11' came out of a swamp of hatred created by us.

In the sweep of history, George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 9/11.

One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.

The 9/11 attack was symbolic. It was not designed to cripple us economically or militarily, at least not directly. It was designed to provoke a reaction.

One of the scariest things about ISIS is their ability to leverage social media to inspire individuals who have never been to Syria and Iraq.

Our enemy in Syria is Daesh: it's not about containing but destroying this organisation.

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

There's a conspiracy going on online every day between these top U.K. individuals within ISIS leadership out of Syria.

It's one thing for someone to travel over to Syria and Iraq and come back. But, boy, it's a lot easier if they activate someone who's already here.

The overall feckless strategy against ISIS in Syria and Iraq enabled the Islamist organization to expand its domain and drive out more religious minorities.