Quote by William Blum

What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is…

— William Blum

The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the…

— Edward Abbey

Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government)

— Gore Vidal

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

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

“How, then, do terrorists manage to dominate the headlines and change the political situation throughout the world? By provoking their enemies to overreact. In…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The reason that attacks by American terrorists who are not jihadist militants are sometimes not called 'terrorism' is, in part, because in the United…

— Peter Bergen

How we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn't lead us to think that any horrible actions that…

— Barack Obama

Terrorists act as they do because they don't have great power at their easy disposal. The result is that they rely upon the ability…

— William F. Schulz

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

Some people are more terrorist than others

— John Keegan

“For the average American or European, Coca-Cola poses a far deadlier threat than al-Qaeda. How, then, do terrorists manage to dominate the headlines and…

— Yuval Noah Harari