Extremism Quotes

79 Extremism quotes by 69 unique authors

There’s no need to get rid of literally hundreds of thousands of books that are fine simply because you have a problem with an isolated… — Mark Earley
The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between… — Tony Blair
There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance,… — Eric Hoffer
Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need… — Bill Shuster
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the… — Denis McDonough
We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell. — Vicente del Bosque
The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive. — Joichi Ito
I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since… — John McCain
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and… — Eric Hoffer
What is dangerous is not minarets, but basements and garages that hide clandestine places of worship. Thus we must choose between mosques, where we know… — Nicolas Sarkozy
One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq,. — Mohammad Javad Zarif
Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Today, I join King Abdullah in Paris to stand in solidarity with the people of France in their darkest hour...To stand in unity against extremism… — Queen Rania of Jordan
Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it… — John W. Gardner
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. — Barry Goldwater
A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism. — Jim DeMint
I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious. — Khaled Hosseini
It's not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it's extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled… — Jeffrey Kluger
Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of… — Janet Napolitano
Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy is extremism and… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery. — Bertrand Russell
Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we… — Al-Waleed bin Talal
Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic upheaval… — Martin Filler
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual accommodations… — Sam Harris

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