Quotes About Extremism

Here is the dirty little secret about anti-abortion violence: It works.

A lot of times, people just want to be more extreme than the next band or the next person, and that's all they focus on. That's kind of lost on me.

Extremes are dangerous.

You will never satisfy the far extremes on the Left and the Right.

I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.

The reality is that far-right extremism is no longer dominated by loners.

Nothing outrages and disappoints an extremist more than compromise.

My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.

You cannot deal with an industrial-strength extremist problem just with force of arms. You have to have that political component as well.

It sounds like an extremist thing to say, but what do people think is going to happen to human beings when there's not enough food?

You have all kinds - you know, you have the rise of extremist groups in the United States. It's just you don't call them that, right? You've got, you know, some very cultish followings and belief systems.

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.

The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side.

There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

We see today that there is a growing understanding in the international community that the extremist regime in Tehran is not just Israel's problem, but rather an issue that the entire international community must grapple with.

liberalism and democracy, with all of their limitations, are what remains after every utopia and extremist scheme based on blood and territory has been exposed and shattered by reality.

People divorced from community, occupation, and association are first and foremost among the supporters of extremism.

Fanaticism is ... compensation for doubt

The Department is wary of fanatics. [They] don't bend; they break.

In recoiling from its own extremist past, Germany inadvertently became the host of a new totalitarian movement.

Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of telltale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers.

Fascism is a caricature of Jacobinism.