Richard Shelby Quotes

We declared war on terror-it's not even a noun, so, good luck.

We face now an era where we're going to be fighting the terrorist threat. I mean, that's simply a reality we are going to have to address that one.

Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice.

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, I've fought terrorists and won and when we get back in the White House we will fight terrorists and win again and America will be safe.

The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

Once we got hit by - on 9/11 and lost 3,000 people that day, we recognized, and it was one of the key decisions President Bush made, that this is not a law enforcement problem, it is a strategic threat to the United States. It's a war. And based on that, we then adopted a whole set of policies that flowed out of that proposition.

Since war itself is the most extreme form of terrorism, a war on terrorism is profoundly self-contradictory.

I really wanted to talk about the War on Terror and say that both sides were completely incompetent [in addressing it]. You can't blame the other side when you're involved in it.

I think our nation's at war with radical Islam. The primary goal of these groups is to attack our nation. Washington's a prime target.

You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It's like having a war on jealousy.

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

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.

We can't be politically correct - right or left - in the war on terrorism. Period.

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.

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

Are we in a state of war against terrorism, or does that require a declaration in order for us to fight.

… the war on terrorism will serve as the justification for restraints on civil liberties.

The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

Because of what happened on 9/11, a lot of our resources, our money and our people were dedicated to the terrorism fight.

I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people... That's why I said to Afghanistan: If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist.

We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.

First of all, I - right after September the 11th, I knew we were fighting a different kind of war. . . . And the people responsible for helping us protect and defend came forth with the current program, because it enables us to move faster and quicker. And that's important. We've got to be fast on our feet, quick to detect and prevent. . . .