Desperation Quote by Bashar al-Assad

[Terrorism] is formed of certain fundamental problems, [including] ignorance, poverty, and fear of others. Some people take advantage of the young and foolish. They…

— Fethullah Gulen

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

— Patrick J. Kennedy

"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

Terrorism is a tactic in which the primary objective is to produce fear, rather than direct harm. Terrorist attacks are, first and foremost, psychological…

— Bret Weinstein

Initially, terrorism was a certain mixture of politics, economics, and religion. Now, it seems that terrorism is more individual and done to avenge personal…

— Dalai Lama

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

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

“The term terrorism is widely misused. It is utilized in its generic sense as a form of shorthand by governments and the media and…

— Neil Livingstone

The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important to understand why terrorism is…

— Amanda Ripley

Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims.

— Boaz Ganor

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

— Al Franken

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