Als Quote by Gijs de Vries

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.

— Gijs de Vries

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.

— Gijs de Vries

The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately…

— Gijs de Vries

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.

— Gijs de Vries

If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.

— Gijs de Vries

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from…

— Gijs de Vries

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their…

— Gijs de Vries

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

— Gijs de Vries

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

— Gijs de Vries

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

— Gijs de Vries

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

— Gijs de Vries

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims.

— Gijs de Vries