Patrick Leahy Quotes

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.

Now we are showing to the world that this fighting against two terrorist groups was feasible and now we have an isolated case which doesn't mean that terrorism is alive, as it was before.

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

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

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

Success means eliminating Al Qaeda's ability to launch terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies.

The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group of folks.

I close with two words, ‘Kill ISIS!’ God bless you all!

ISIL is not the JV team. I cannot stress enough that there's a terrorist army in Syria and Iraq that wants to attack the homeland and we're not doing anything about it. So how do you defeat the ideology? Build up others? You reject Rand Paul.

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

What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa.

Global terror does not respect national boundaries.

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world.

Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

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

We cannot allow Afghanistan to become again a haven for terrorists who inspire, plan and provide support for attacks like those of 11 September 2001, of 7 July 2005 in London, and more.

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.

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.

The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets.