Raymond Kelly Quotes

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in proper security on the ground in your own country, with the right safeguards to civil liberties.

Counter-terrorism is not solely a military matter.

We must have the approach of 'zero tolerance' against any type of terrorism.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

The American people should be informed about what kind of capability terrorists have inside the United States. They should be informed of why we are not using information to do a more effective job of dealing with terrorists.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.

Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.

We have shown, given these last three years, that we were succeeding in fighting terrorists. While during the first 30 years of the former governments they didn't.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th.

We don’t intend to live with terrorism forever. We will do whatever is necessary …

We pay a very heavy price for terrorism, not only because of the damage done by the terrorists but also because of the steps that we take to combat the terrorists.

There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.

The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide.

Terrorism and the fight against extremism is our fight.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

True terrorism, you know, weaponized fear. In defense of ourselves, we're fighting - actively fighting something else. But if you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

I believe terrorism cannot be won over by military action. Terrorism must be condemned in the strongest language. We must stand solidly against it, and find all the means to end it. We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time to come.

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.