Tom Ridge Quotes

The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish.

We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

The war on terror is a struggle that will last for generations.

The entire world is the front line for terrorism.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

We declared war on terror-it's not even a noun, so, good luck.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.

It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror, and in some sense, a battleground of the war on terror.

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

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

You're always going to have terrorism.

I think it is absolutely correct to solve the problem of terrorism in Iraq and Syria and Libya.

We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.

Fighting terrorism cannot allow one to be intimidated….We must take this fight to the terrorists.

… terrorism is a plague in our countries. It compounds our development problems.

France will be on the front line in the fight against terrorism.

We are a country that met successes in the fight against terrorism.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

The war against terrorism is terrorism.

In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle.