Robin Hayes Quotes

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation system will be taken down.

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true.

Terrorists cannot win unless they affect the way we think and act.

The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want.

If people knew the details about terrorism, they would not leave the house.

Intimidation is an unusual animal: it's a lot about body language and understanding the human psyche. Knowing that usually a direct stare will crush most human souls, and that's just the basic gist of it... The soul-crushing stare, the fatherly disappointment, mixed with a little bit of hate and rage - you're on your way.

We should not have to experience the fear of intimidation or retaliation in the United States.

The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.

All terrorism is theater.

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 is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

They are being exploited by terrorists.

This small but seminal meeting in many ways epitomized the brazen yet banal nature of organized antiabortion extremism–a rah-rah atmosphere, like some perverse parody of a pep rally, in which threats of future violence were cloaked as free speech, and past criminal acts were celebrated as valid tools for intimidating fellow citizens. A fringe culture was coalescing.

It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.

We may have to ASSASSINATE some of the people you elect on Nov. 7! This could be your LAST ELECTION CHANCE, to save this Republic... Sorry to have to be so blunt, but the country is in mortal danger from our present government and our liberty is already near dead because of this government. If you are too stupid to turn things around with your vote, there are people out here like me who are willing to turn things around with guns, force and violence

For an Arab to be suspected of a lukewarm adherence to the national cause is to invite a visit from a body of gunmen…. A number of Arabs have asked for British Government protection.

He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear.

If we announced threats [to airlines and flights] as we received them, we would be catering to the terrorists' goals.

Democracies cannot be intimidated by terrorism.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize.

If it was necessary to liquidate someone to prove the Klan was not kidding, it would be done.

He attacked defenseless peoples in order to strike terror in others.