David Petraeus Quotes

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

It's probably time to end the global war on terrorism.

This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail young men who only acted to oppose terrorism in the United States.

We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said they have the right to kill four million Americans,... For nearly six years now, the United States has been able to defeat their attempts to attack us here at home. Nobody can guarantee that we won't be hit again.

The fight against radical Islamic terrorists and ISIS has been called the war of our time.

Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.

I know the pain of having to deal with terrorism. And that's why, after 9-11, I was one of the first to join the international coalition to fight terrorism.

I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th.

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.

Each and every day, Israel remains on the frontline along with the United States in the War on Terror and is nothing but an unabashed ally of pro-democratic and pro-American policy.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

We have an unfinished worldwide war against Al Qaida, a war that has to be won in conjunction with friends and allies and that ultimately will be won as much by persuasion as by the use of force. We've got to turn off the Al Qaida recruiting machine.

The campaign against terror [in Pakistan] is a campaign for enduring freedom.

We will pursue terrorists everywhere. At an airport – okay, at an airport. If we catch them in a lavatory, in an outhouse, we will take them out there with their pants down.

Pakistan has a firm position of principle in the international battle against terrorism. We reject terrorism in all its forms and manifestations anywhere in the world.

In the war against terror, we have no stronger ally than Israel.

We have an obligation to go after Al Qaeda wherever they are.