Kit Bond Quotes

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

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.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

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.

Terrorist infiltration should be resisted not at the national level, but at the international policies level.

So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades.

The United States does not view our authority to use military force against Al Qaeda as being restricted solely to 'hot' battlefields like Afghanistan.

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children.

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented.

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.

A campaign against terrorism requires checks on ”over stretch” and a viable exit strategy.

By invading Iraq, the President has undermined the War on Terrorism.

We have an unfinished worldwide war against Al Qaida, a war that has to be won in conjunction with friends and allies and that ultimately will be won as much by persuasion as by the use of force. We've got to turn off the Al Qaida recruiting machine.

The War on Terror is not only to protect Americans. It's America's responsibility to protect people around the world who want to be free

The problem was you didn’t have an approach against Al Qaeda because you didn’t have an approach against Afghanistan. And you didn’ have an approach against Afghanistan because you didn’t have an approach against Pakistan. And until we could get that right, we didn’t have a policy.