Jens Stoltenberg Quotes

The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.

The advance of freedom is the surest strategy to undermine the appeal of terror in the world.

The terrorists know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts. They understand that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.

The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice of the people. Let us not pick and choose who we would like to rule their future.

Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.

Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values.

The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.

Terrorism is the enemy of all free people…

The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom.

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.

Our values and way of life will prevail - terrorism will not.

The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

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

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

Israel's open-ended control over millions of noncitizen Palestinians ... has strained the country's otherwise robust democracy. The festering conflict and the country's lack of defined, recognized borders have encouraged extreme nationalism and divided Israelis. Indeed, Israel's continued control over Palestinian affairs has strengthened chauvinistic, racist, and violent tendencies on the fringes of the Israeli right.

After having overcome Fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism. We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all.

Democracies cannot be intimidated by terrorism.