Case Quote by Peter Bergen

Terrorism gets people's attention.

— Lowell Bergman

Terrorism is in good part an effect of government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous…

— Mark Poster

Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they…

— Steven Pinker

Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people…

— Barbara Kingsolver

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

— George McGovern

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside…

— Mark Poster

The real damage from terrorist attacks doesn't come from the explosion. The real damage is done after the explosion, by the victims, who repeatedly…

— Cory Doctorow

The 9/11 attack was symbolic. It was not designed to cripple us economically or militarily, at least not directly. It was designed to provoke…

— Bret Weinstein

Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services. In the United States, every single terrorist incident we have…

— Robert David Steele

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

The feeling I got from my research is that the victims of bombings end up becoming as alienated from the government as the terrorists…

— Karan Mahajan

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and…

— Eliot Spitzer