Evan Bayh Quotes

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions.

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

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.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

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.

Terrorist infiltration should be resisted not at the national level, but at the international policies level.

For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is as complex and perplexing as any issue we have ever faced.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.

We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran.

It's probably time to end the global war on terrorism.

The only way to fight terrorism is to fight it, not to reward it…. When terror receives one victory, terror seeks other victories.

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

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

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

We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.

Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.