The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere…

If we harm civilians when it could reasonably have been avoided, and if we fail to fairly and promptly help the innocent victims, the…

— Patrick Leahy

So far, the official definitions of terrorism have the role of demonizing the enemies of the United States and Israel, and of sanitizing recourse…

— Richard A. Falk

There's Hezbollah, there's Hamas, there is a whole range of terrorist targets out there related to Palestine and to Israel that we ought to…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

9/11 changed everything. We lose more Americans every year drowning in the bathtub than through terrorism. But terrorism has been used as a lever…

— John Dean

Action had to be taken in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, but I am very concerned about the current administration's rhetoric…

— Oscar Arias

We fully support the strikes against terrorist targets, not against the country, not against the culture, not against a religion, but against an enemy…

— Ricardo Lagos

There are a lot of other terrorist targets we ought to be focusing on. Well, there is Syria, for example, which is pumping through…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on freedom of expression, legitimate dissent, freedom…

— Mary Robinson

If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.

— Barack Obama

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

“More than ever, we ordinary civilians are the foot soldiers in the war on terrorism.”

— Chris Bird

No one can truly be prepared for such devastation and pure malevolence, but the United Kingdom can always look to the United States as…

— Anonymous

Terrorism is a word with little content - it is a label for brutalities committed by ‘the enemy’, and from which one’s own acts…

— Anonymous

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

— Anonymous

Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.

— Sean Penn