Charles Michel Quotes

The fact that the Moslem fundamentalist terrorists have these odd beliefs doesn’t mean that they are stupid.

Islamism is a monstrous totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on reason, on civilization.

Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak.

Terrorist groups always want to believe that they represent a general aggrieved group far larger than they really do.

We need to make sure these Islamic terrorist organizations don't become mainstream. We're fighting an ideology as much as a group of radical terrorists.

The survival of ISIS's ideology is success enough for them. We must spare no effort in denying ISIS this success.

We give parity to all terrorism regardless of ideology.

Terrorism and extremism bear different names and labels. It uses diverse causes. But in each case, it is driven by distortion of religion and a misguided belief in its power to succeed.

Preying on the grievances of disaffected young men is the bedrock of Islamism.

We cannot sway extremists with rational thought or with our ideas of right and wrong.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

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.

There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand.

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.

The terrorists hide behind Allah.

There is a group of individuals who are radical jihadists. We need to call them by name. They believe it is OK to kill people in the name of their religion. It is not all of Islam. It is not all Muslims. But there is a subgroup who believe it is OK. In fact, it is their plan and design to kill people.

The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. They spread it all over the world.

The ultimate end of any ideology is totalitarianism.

We talk about extremist religious fundamentalists at the fringes of society, but today we have extremist religious fundamentalists at the fringes of the Oval Office.

It’s the confrontation with modernity that produces terrorism.

Extremist thought is about to overwhelm the world.

Especially dangerous is crime disguised under political and pseudo-religious motives, such as terrorism and the like.

The War on Terror is a religious war … We are dealing with a set of ideas that kill.