Committed Quote by Gore Vidal

It's only terrorism if they do it to us. When we do much worse to them, it's not terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

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: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.

— Edward Abbey

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

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

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any…

— Anonymous

Well, one thing's very clear, that terrorism isn't just a threat which is external to Western countries. It's not simply a foreign menace that…

— Anonymous

Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their…

— William Blum

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

Terrorism is simply the weapon by which the weak engage the strong.

— Ted Koppel

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