George H. W. Bush Quotes

Jihadists are acting against the interests of every single country.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Al-Qaida is a worldwide organization. It's a continuous threat.

The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us and strike us here on our home territory. And it's a global operation. It doesn't know national boundaries or national borders.

The fault lines are shifting from the boundaries of nations into the web of our societies and the streets of our cities. And, terrorism and extremism are a global force that are larger than their changing names, groups, territories and targets.

Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.

Terrorism is nothing new. Lots of terrorist attacks are nothing new, but we pay a lot more attention to them today.

I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

We must be certain that we all realize that our enemy is not an enemy that is located in one single place. There are terrorist cells all around the globe.

International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.

But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates - which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing. Today you are looking at the Taliban or ISIS; tomorrow you might be looking at another name.

Al Qaeda has come back. Al Qaeda is a resilient organization. But they're not here in large numbers. But al Qaeda doesn't have to be anywhere in large numbers.

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

It is necessary to name the enemy of human civilization, and this enemy is international terrorism associated with religious fundamentalism and religious intolerance.

They may be rich, they may be powerful, they may have atom bombs, but Americans and British are no longer safe anywhere in the world…. They may perhaps be able to put Al-Qaeda out of commission, but that does not mean that there will not be other groups. They have been killing so-called terrorist all these years, but there'll simply be more and more terrorists

There are too many countries which have used terrorism as a tactic.

Today's terrorists can strike at any place, at any time, and with virtually any weapon

… selective terrorism

The UN member states have not been able to agree upon a definition of terrorism. Terrorism is rather like pornography. You might not be able to define it but you know it when you see it.

Terrorism is only a problem in failed states with significant Muslim populations.

Terrorists who threaten the United States will not find safe haven in any corner of the globe.