Quotes About Extremism

Now, I am not saying that there is one single type of individual who is a better type of terrorist than another. What I am saying is that the circumstances that push certain individuals over the edge, to become terrorists, are generally very, very similar.

We must inflict upon terrorists and their families critical economic harm.

The fight against terror cannot stop as long as terrorism itself is not stopped, but the path of war must change: it must lead directly to terrorists and not be waged on the backs of three million Palestinians.

Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are.

Foreign terrorists are using technology to radicalize Americans at a troubling pace that continues to increase.

A lot of terrorists fled out of Afghanistan.

We have learned a long time ago that one cannot compromise with terrorists.

Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too.

We know that in the Muslim communities around the world, they do not like us. They recruit people from poor areas and turn them into terrorists.

There is no doubt that terrorists acting under the banner of Islam have declared war on us.

For many terrorists, carrying out an attack allowed them to become the heroes of their own story.

Germany has become an important haven for terrorists.

The terrorists' only rules? That there are no rules, and this gives them a major advantage.

Instead of arguing about whether we're allowed to describe Muslim terrorists as 'Muslim terrorists,' why don't we argue about whether it's a good idea to be letting in so many immigrants who then blow up the Boston Marathon?

Terrorists don't heed 'gun-free' signs.

It's not in our interest, nor in the interest of other countries in the region, for terrorists to regroup again.

Pakistan and its associates find it difficult to understand that there are no 'good terrorists and bad terrorists.'

We all abhor terrorists, but we have to treat them as dangerous to all of us, not to any one particular country.

Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.

You can't hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.

The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no reason the rest of us should help them do it.

All terrorists must face the full force of the law.

In our midst, there are nations that still speak the language of terrorism, that nurture it, peddle it, and export it. To shelter terrorists has become their calling card. We must identify these nations and hold them to account.

You cannot have good terrorists and bad terrorists.