--- title: "12 Acts Terror Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Acts Terror quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Acts Terror sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/ted-cruz-487_acts-of-terror_we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terr_2049496.jpg" --- > [We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terrorists-and-we-need-to-stop/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/ted-cruz-487_acts-of-terror_we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terr_2049496.jpg) > [Language is very important. If you are condoning acts of terror... you are giving credibility to a view that is perverse and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadiq-khan/language-is-very-important-if-you-are-condoning-acts-of-terror-you/) [Sadiq Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadiq-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/sadiq-khan-3603_credibility_language-is-very-important-if-you-are-co_2395797.jpg) > [The aspiring tyrants of today have not forgotten the lesson of 1933: that acts of terror - real or fake, provoked or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-d-snyder/the-aspiring-tyrants-of-today-have-not-forgotten-the-lesson-of-1933/) [Timothy D. Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-d-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/timothy-d-snyder-12961_death_the-aspiring-tyrants-of-today-have-not-f_2160516.jpg) > [The easiest way to gain control of the population is to carry out acts of terror. The public will clamor for such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/the-easiest-way-to-gain-control-of-the-population-is-to-carry-out/) [Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/joseph-stalin-1734_clamor_the-easiest-way-to-gain-control-of-the-p_2215472.jpg) > [We have to ask if it is once again the summer of 1914. Small acts of terror in the Middle East, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-patrick-moynihan/we-have-to-ask-if-it-is-once-again-the-summer-of-1914-small-acts-of/) [Daniel Patrick Moynihan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-patrick-moynihan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/daniel-patrick-moynihan-8627_again_we-have-to-ask-if-it-is-once-again-the-s_1334268.jpg) > [Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eldridge-odom/acts-of-terror-have-never-brought-down-liberal-democracies-acts-of/) [William Eldridge Odom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eldridge-odom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/william-eldridge-odom-85070_acts-of-terror_acts-of-terror-have-never-brought-down-l_2945934.png) > [The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/the-deliberate-and-deadly-attacks-which-were-carried-out-yesterday/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/george-w-bush-64_country_the-deliberate-and-deadly-attacks-which_1709493.jpg) > [There are American citizens who have been inspired to commit acts of terror on American soil, the latest incident, of course, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-holt/there-are-american-citizens-who-have-been-inspired-to-commit-acts-of/) [Lester Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-holt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/lester-holt-12826_acts-of-terror_there-are-american-citizens-who-have-bee_1041355.png) > [Pakistan has assured that it would not allow its territory to be used against India for any acts of terror. India must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asif-ali-zardari/pakistan-has-assured-that-it-would-not-allow-its-territory-to-be-used/) [Asif Ali Zardari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asif-ali-zardari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/asif-ali-zardari-23782_absence_pakistan-has-assured-that-it-would-not-a_275363.png) > [We must ensure that these acts of terror do not accomplish in a slow burn what the fires of the World Trade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-conyers/we-must-ensure-that-these-acts-of-terror-do-not-accomplish-in-a-slow/) [John Conyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-conyers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/john-conyers-16217_accomplish_we-must-ensure-that-these-acts-of-terror_2422364.png) > [Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/thousands-of-lives-were-suddenly-ended-by-evil-despicable-acts-of/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/george-w-bush-64_airplane_thousands-of-lives-were-suddenly-ended-b_1370896.jpg) > [The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/the-attacks-of-september-11-and-subsequent-acts-of-terror-from-london/) [Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/jon-meacham-2863_forts_the-attacks-of-september-11-and-subseque_591438.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acts-terror/#itemlist", "name": "Acts Terror Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terrorists-and-we-need-to-stop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/ted-cruz-487_acts-of-terror_we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terr_2049496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/ted-cruz-487_acts-of-terror_we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terr_2049496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/ted-cruz-487_acts-of-terror_we-need-to-focus-on-radical-islamic-terr_2049496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Language is very important. 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