Militancy Quotes

The borders of Islam are bloody.

We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.

We are not fighting against the Palestinian people, and we are not at war with Islam. We are fighting against terrorism.

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.

A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely, and it won't. They want decency to come about without anybody suffering or being embarrassed, and it won't. And most of all they want to give many of the enemies of open government the benefit of the doubt, and I don't. It's not just a difference of approach, it's a complete schism in our respective philosophy. You can't go about disclosure in the hope that it won't spoil anybody's dinner.

The fact is, the Middle East has been going crazy for 50, 60, 70 years. So it's not like, 'Oh, I need an ISIS joke.'

The bombers were enemies of Islam and enemies of the country. We will do everything and anything needed to stop them.

Sovereignty and kingship are never decided by academic debate. They are seized by force.

Terrorists bombard complete cities, such as Fallujah, Baghdad, innocent women and children.

The word 'insurgency' had connotations that really sent a shiver down the spine of folks in Washington, in the United States - for good reason, because it means this is something much bigger than just a few terrorist cells.

… fight idolaters wherever you may find them; take them and besiege them, and waylay them at every outpost.

Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.

Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.

In the Middle East, the opposition is quite different than the opposition in advanced countries. In our countries, the opposition takes the form of explosions, assassinations, killings.

… a crime against the Palestinian people.

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

You cannot fight one terrorist organization by making use of another terrorist organization.

In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel.

The Middle East is a region where extremists go all the way and moderates just go away.

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

I am an apostle of violence

Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we hear of Pakistan it's in that context.

Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.

I am aware of the fragility of good political institutions. I never take them for granted. I am always attentive to the ways in which, particularly, collective ideologies of purity -- be it religious purity, racial purity, or national purity -- can go wrong.

Bombs are not going to fix ISIS.