Extremism Quotes · Page 5

The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“Look at that asshole! Not a care in the world! Today, I fish; tomorrow, I blow up a mosque. Smart, hiding in…

— Mark M. Bello

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

“The world has plenty room for everyone, but no world is room enough for the bigot.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.

— Helen Suzman

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and…

— Elliott Abrams

“How dare a scripture tell someone that the person is born sinful and requires a messiah to save him or her! Human…

— Abhijit Naskar

We are confronted by another oppressive ideology - one that seeks to export terrorism and extremism all around the globe. America and…

— Donald Trump

Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope…

— Abdallah II

What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those…

— Salman Rushdie

The policies that the United States has chosen unfortunately have brought about the wrong sentiment toward the United States and has only…

— Mohammad Khatami

I do believe that if you reach a just and fair settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians it will have a…

— Tony Blair

People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt…

— Frank Ocean

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in…

— Najib Razak

When we think about Islamic feminism, it is not just about women's rights. It's about a more progressive and tolerant expression of…

— Asra Nomani

“Looking at Great-Great Grandpa Baldwin's photograph, I think to myself: You've finally done it. It took four generations, but you've finally goddamned…

— Joe Bageant

The big question that everyone is asking themselves, or what they should be asking themselves right now, is what role has the…

— Peter van Agtmael

Although the far territory of the extreme can exert an intoxicating pull on susceptible individuals of all bents, extremism seems to be…

— Jon Krakauer

According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism,…

— Greg Mortenson

If allowed to continue, this process will turn the United States into a declining, unfair society with an impoverished, angry, uneducated population…

— Charles Ferguson

“In times of profound and overwhelming social change like the present, however, extreme views hold out the appeal of simplicity. By ignoring…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

We consider ISIS and extremism to be a threat to all of us in the region. . . . Our position is…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.

— Barack Obama

We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.

— Vicente del Bosque

Islamic extremism is the prime enemy of civil society and social peace, both in Italy and in Israel.

— Matteo Salvini

The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become a cause for extremists.

— Porter Goss

“Kill extremists, extremism will REAPPEAR. Kill extremist ideology, extremism will DISAPPEAR.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

Only if you empower the liberals, if you empower the moderate socialists, if you empower all factions of society, only then will…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

We consider domestic violent extremism the greatest terrorist-related threat to our homeland.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

“Extremism in religion is a mental mechanism to hide one's inferiority complexes.”

— Fahad Basheer

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

— Barry Goldwater

The government wants to be able to attack extremism and hatred wherever it occurs.

— David Blunkett

I think we do need radicals. We need extremists, because that's how change happens.

— Nicole Kidman

I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.

— David Eagleman

“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." [ My Uncle Sosthenes ]”

— Guy de Maupassant

As the horrific events of Jan. 6 underscored, DHS must have the operational capacity to appropriately respond to domestic violent extremism.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

— Barack Obama