Michael McCaul Quotes

ISIL are already using the Internet for hideous propaganda purposes - for radicalisation, for operational planning, too.

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.

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.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening.

I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.

ISIS is a terrorist organization. It is a terrorist organization that the world must unite against.

We need to eradicate these terrorist groups, wherever they are. If we failed to do it, we are just waiting for the next.

ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media.

ISIS has never fought a real battle.

The tentacles of Islamic State are far-reaching, and the restrained and tepid international response that Mr. Obama has pursued will not eliminate this terrorist organization.

Islamic State is not a threat for any particular country but for the entire world. India is alert about IS.

Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.

If you join ISIS, if you wage jihad on America, then you are signing your death warrant.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

We can't be afraid to call the enemy what it is: Radical Islamic terrorism.

Some of the people involved in ISIS are going to Iraq, and some of our young people are being radicalised through the Internet.

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

Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.

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

Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.

I know the pain of having to deal with terrorism. And that's why, after 9-11, I was one of the first to join the international coalition to fight terrorism.

We've got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we're setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida.

Politicians differ in their views whether Russia or Islamic State is a bigger menace, and I personally think that Islamic State is the bigger threat.

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.