Causes Quote by Alain Badiou

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

— Gore Vidal

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

— Glenn Greenwald

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

It may be that there is so much ambiguity and ideology attached to the term 'terrorism' that it is best to avoid its use…

— Richard A. Falk

'Terrorism' itself is not an objective term or legitimate object of study, but was conceived of as a highly politicized instrument and has been…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

The commonly accepted definition of terrorism is that it is politically motivated violence directed at civilians by entities other than a state. These kind…

— Peter Bergen

“Terrorism” is a word that has become a plague on our vocabulary, the excuse and reason and moral permit for state-sponsored violence— our violence—which…

— Robert Fisk

What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human…

— Tim Kennedy

A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.

— Richard Armitage

You know, Obama says we can't use the word "terrorism." We can't use the word "foreign." We can't use any of these provocative words…

— Rush Limbaugh

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong,…

— Sydney J. Harris