Leonardo Maugeri Quotes

My own view of this, by the way, is, if the war on terrorism is successful over time, in its own way it's going to box Saddam in in a way that's going to make it much more difficult for him to maintain his power, and that he's going to become increasingly isolated. I think that's going to take time.

You either deny terrorists any acceptance in the international life, or you make your double standard policy work the way it has been working - 'I don't like that guy in this country, so we will be calling him a dictator and topple him. This guy in another country also dictatorial, but he's our dictator.'

Once upon a time, it might have been possible to deal with Iraq alone, without having to face the murderous forces of the other terror masters in Tehran, Damascus, and Riyadh, but that time has passed. Iraq is a battle, not a war. We have to win the war, and the only way to do that is to bring down the terror masters, and spread freedom throughout the region.

Politicization led to an intelligence output that obscured understanding of al Qaeda’s sources of strength and support.

The term Party is applied equally to the peaceful parties of America and to the Communist Party of Russia, the Nazi Party of Germany, and the Fascist Party of Italy. The methodology of these parties varies, but their fundamental objective-to place and keep their leaders in control of the government - is the same.

Politics is the art of dominating men.

Torture is a very humiliating experience. The goal is not to obtain information but to punish and break you so that you won't do anything against the authorities. You are made an example to others so that they will be too terrified to do anything either.

Saudi Arabia [is] the epicenter of terrorism financing.

Any political leader who tolerates political terrorism as a legitimate tool for his political campaign—is a terrorist.

The dictators play the United States like a fiddle and get away with it

Any government that chooses to be an ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of civilization.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

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.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

When you think of power, you think the state has power. When you look at it in terms of revolution, in terms of the state, you think of it in terms of Russia, the Soviet Union, and how those who struggled for power actually became victims of the state, prisoners of the state, and how that led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. We have to think of revolution much more in terms of transitions from one epoch to another. Talk about Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Terrorism is not related to Islam.

The fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion.

Terrorists are as torn as anyone else.

The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract people that want authority for all the wrong reasons, and that is what it has done across all time.

Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort to force against innocent men, women, and children in pursuit of political goals.

The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East.

We give parity to all terrorism regardless of ideology.

Italy remains deeply engaged in the global fight against terrorism as well as on domestic programmes against radicalisation.

Terrorism is perpetrated by individuals and cannot be blamed on any one religion, be it Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Christianity.