Rick Scott Quotes

I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.

One thing is certain: we will not be successful in this fight against ISIS and other extremist groups unless countries in the region are a major part of the coalition.

I want to see ISIS destroyed.

We will continue to work around the world to beat ISIS about where they may exist, these are horrible ideologies or murderous ideologies.

According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform to strike our nation. I've got a very simple strategy as your president against ISIL. Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat them.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.

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.

If you think you can finish ISIS off with the PYD and YPG, you cannot, because they are terrorist groups as well.

I'm afraid you're gonna have to see more American military involvement in order to keep ISIS from spreading even further.

ISIS has leadership, just like al Qaeda has leadership. It's important to be able to eliminate the individuals that are leading the organization.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

This issue of terrorism is as much an issue for Pakistan as it is a Western issue.

No doubt, the fight against ISIS is deadly serious, as was the raid that took down their elusive leader.

Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.

I don't know what happens if they get bin Laden. I'm much more interested in what happens if they don't get bin Laden.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The scale of the ISIS threat is not yet matched by a clarity of approach for securing their defeat.

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 cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.