Analysis Quote by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

— Ban Ki-moon

The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which promise much…

— Robert Dickson Crane

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

— Jean Baudrillard

'Terrorism' itself is not an objective term or legitimate object of study, but was conceived of as a highly politicized instrument and has been…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

— Ted Koppel

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

“Terrorism is not just about indiscriminate violence. As its name suggests, it is about instilling paranoia”

— Dana Priest

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

Terrorism is a decentralized phenomenon - in its funding, planning, and execution.

— Richard N. Haass

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

— Gore Vidal

Terrorism is a tactic in which the primary objective is to produce fear, rather than direct harm. Terrorist attacks are, first and foremost, psychological…

— Bret Weinstein

Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood…

— Richard A. Falk