War on terror Quotes

The war on terrorism was a bait and switch operation.

— Eric Alterman

“War is politics for everyone but the warrior.”

— Tiffany Madison

There isn't a war on terror, there is a war of terror.

— John Pilger

“Bloodless revolutions are rare.”

— Bill Maher

This war on terror is bogus.

— Michael Meacher

“Is it time for peace with Iran?”

— T. Marion Dodge

I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat.

— George H. W. Bush

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terror.

— Stephen Hadley

If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.

— Hamid Karzai

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

— Lindsey Graham

The war against terrorism is terrorism. The whole thing is just bullshit.

— Woody Harrelson

“The fact that presidents have done something does not necessarily make it right or constitutional.”

— Chris Edelson

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

— George W. Bush

If the war on terror is endless, you could forget about democracy.

— Robert Scheer

Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons,…

— Malalai Joya

I think the worst thing in the world is to have the courts decide who to target in the war on terrorism.…

— Lindsey Graham

Working together, America's military, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi people have won a major battle in the war on terrorism.

— Paul Ryan

[The war on terrorism isn't a religious war, but] a defense of our right to make moral choices, to seek fellowship with…

— John Ashcroft

“We should stop worrying so much about the price of gasoline and start considering its cost . You really want to be…

— Bill Maher

I still believe that the Democrats have it right about health care, education, the war in Iraq and, yes the war on…

— Alan Colmes

Kofi Annan's kangaroo court [is] a clear and present danger to the war on terror and to Americans fighting it all over…

— Tom DeLay

Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant…

— Mark Boal

This is a global war on terror. We're facing extremists that believe something. And they want to achieve objectives. And, therefore, the…

— George W. Bush

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war…

— Anonymous

And if you look at all this academic work in the conferences and so on there's a constant theme that terrorism is…

— Noam Chomsky

“The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the…

— Christopher Hitchens

Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group…

— Terry Jones

When our children and grandchildren look back on this period, one question will overwhelm all the rest: Did we do everything in…

— George W. Bush

Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation…

— Hugh Shelton

The mainstream press was not aggressive enough after 9/11, was not aggressive enough in asking questions about a decision to go to…

— Dean Baquet

You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American…

— Bill O'Reilly

“A diamond may be forever, but terrorism, promiscuously funded, will be too. Let's make the connection clearly by tracing the path of…

— Bill Maher

“[T]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war…

— George Packer

“Osama, baah!" Bashir roared. "Osama is not a product of Pakistan or Afghanistan. He is a creation of America. Thanks to America,…

— Greg Mortenson

“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart…

— John F. Kennedy

“Some lurid things have been said about me—that I am a racist, a hopeless alcoholic, a closet homosexual and so forth—that I…

— Christopher Hitchens

“On 11 September 2001, a bunch of Saudis killed almost 3000 US civilians, which led to the construction of a monument in…

— Michel Templet

“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came…

— Christopher Hitchens

As long as there is a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

— John McCain

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

— Jim Ramstad