Al Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “To blame the existence of al Qaeda on poverty like Egypt's is a slur on the poor.” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Al Blame Egypt Existence Life Like Poor Poverty Qaeda
The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Poverty in Egypt, or anywhere else, is not very difficult to explain. There are three basic causes: People are poor because they cannot produce… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism. — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“If we’re all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we come up with,… — Bob Torres Copy Share Image
Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas. — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network. — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
To say that poverty explains terror is to slander those caught in poverty who choose to lead worthy lives. [Terrorists] are not the oppressed,… — Sean Wilentz Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds… — Barkhad Abdi Copy Share Image
Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
If the practice is torture for the al Qaeda operative who masterminded the killing of three thousand Americans, why weren't there court-martials in the… — Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr Copy Share Image
Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
There are many causes of violent deaths in America - murders and traffic accidents - that we do not approach with the same 'no… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group. — Bruce Johnston Copy Share Image
News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons, not necessarily this missile, but nuclear weapons ends up… — Lawrence Eagleburger Copy Share Image
I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that… — John Yoo Copy Share Image