Jurgen Habermas Quotes

The War on Terrorism does not distinguish between ordinary terrorists and those espousing a political ideology.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

Terrorism is resorted to for practical reasons because there is no other tool available. And those who use terrorism, and then subsequently become the targets of terrorism, understand its power and how difficult it is to counter it. Not just militarily. But especially in terms of international perception.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

Some people are more terrorist than others.

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

Israel is under a dual terrorist attack, from within and from without. And terrorism from within is always more dangerous than terrorism from without.

All terrorism is theater.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama, and the United States of America.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

Terrorism seems to be the ugly twin of democracy. We need to learn to live with it because we are vulnerable to it.

The attacks in New York represent a new, privatized form of violence, which has nothing in common with the classical concept of war and is something to which we must find answers

Terrorism is a means/a tactic, not an ideological or defined physical enemy

Unless Gingrich and Dole and the Republicans say, ‘Am I inflaming a bunch of nuts?’, you know we're going to have some more events (like the Oklahoma City bombing). I am absolutely certain the harsher rhetoric of the Gingriches and the Doles … creates a climate of violence in America.

Terrorists hate the ideas America has championed around the world. It is inevitable that people will wonder if there are intellectual connections with others who have turned to violence to attack international finance, globalization and the United States

Terrorism is only a problem in failed states with significant Muslim populations.

The fault lines are shifting from the boundaries of nations into the web of our societies and the streets of our cities. And, terrorism and extremism are a global force that are larger than their changing names, groups, territories and targets.

Some media outlets refer to 'protesters' and 'militia members,' not 'terrorists,' even though armed antigovernment extremists seizing federal property and expressing a desire to kill and die is a textbook description of domestic terrorism.

You cannot have good terrorists and bad terrorists.

Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.

Homegrown terrorists are a real problem for even the most modern, democratic societies.