Glenn Greenwald Quotes

The war against terrorism is terrorism. The whole thing is just bullshit.

Terrorism is simply the weapon by which the weak engage the strong.

All terrorism is theater.

In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics.

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

Terrorism is what the weak use to increase their bargaining power against the strong.

Terrorism is a means/a tactic, not an ideological or defined physical enemy

For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.

Terrorism emanates from weakness, not strength. It is the sign of despair.

Death is only a byproduct of terrorism.

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

Terrorism is resorted to for practical reasons because there is no other tool available. And those who use terrorism, and then subsequently become the targets of terrorism, understand its power and how difficult it is to counter it. Not just militarily. But especially in terms of international perception.

It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

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

I think that in our society we use the word 'terrorism' a lot - individuals throw the word around a lot without carefully considering it.

Terrorism is not a cause; it is a crime.

Terrorism is a strategy of provocation.

I am concerned about any form of violent extremism.

The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no reason the rest of us should help them do it.

Terrorists are everywhere and, emphatically, not only in Iraq.

ISIS is a radical jihadist group that is increasingly sophisticated in its ability, for example, to radicalize American citizens, in its inability to exploit loopholes in our legal immigration system, in its ability to capture and hold territory in the Middle East, as I outlined earlier, in multiple countries.

Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.

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

The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.