“Those who incite others to commit terrorism must be prosecuted. But the resolution's sponsors have made it easy for abusive governments to invoke the resolution to target peaceful political opponents, impose censorship and close mosques, churches and schools.”
Kenneth Roth
“Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress”
William Blake
“We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.”
Susan Sontag
“The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.”
Terry Waite
“This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today”
Tony Blair
“This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.”
George W. Bush
“While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy”
Senator John Kerry