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.

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.

We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.

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 are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

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

The U.S. Forces are winning in Iraq. It is to be hoped that they will win at home also.

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.

Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror.

The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along.

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.

Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.

In order to have defense here at home, we have to have offense in Iraq and Iran.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

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

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.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions.

I'm as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there's going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there's a war on terrorism going on, we're all going to have to work together.

At the very outset I want to say how the people of America appreciate the steadfast support of the people of Morocco, the leadership of Morocco in our war against terrorism.

I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.

One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger us. This notion has become controversial, but frankly, the need could not be clearer.