John Brady Kiesling Quotes

Terror … is often the result of giving politics a sacred, absolute dimension.

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 War on Terrorism does not distinguish between ordinary terrorists and those espousing a political ideology.

While it is true that our enemies are ruthless fanatics, the solution is not for us to become zealous ourselves so that we remake our society in the image of those that would attack us.

Religion has both bolstered and undermined stable self-government. It has advanced political reform and human rights, but also induced irrationality, extremism, and terrorism.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

Extremism and terrorism are based on lack of hope and an ideology that takes advantage of that.

The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on.

Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.

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.

A fanatic's willingness to kill or be killed in the service of a cause cannot prove the rightness of that cause.

I think the terrorists are just idiots.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

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.

Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.

We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the images we project really do have resonance. It's the reason why I don't use the term jihadist to refer to terrorists. It gives them the religious legitimacy they so desperately seek, but I ain't gonna give it to them.

Senseless violence is, almost by definition, hard to understand. Not that I can understand terrorists who kill from hate, but at least we can identify a reason - a terrifying one, to be sure, grounded in a violent belief system - for what they do. Two gangs go to war. Extremists kill in the name of belief.

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

Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.

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

Terrorists

Extremism, under whatever guise, fanaticism of whatever kind, factionalism of whatever persuasion would be faithful, poisonous plants and the soil of our country which will not be allowed to flourish.

Of course, Islamist terrorists must be captured or killed and their networks disrupted. But to stop their movement’s growth, their ideology must also be undermined.

It’s the confrontation with modernity that produces terrorism.

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and ... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.