Manmohan Singh Quotes

The fight against terror is a common imperative for democracies and must become so for all nations.

The U.N. brings everybody together. And without it, we can't deal with Ebola or terrorism or climate change. But it's 70 years old. It's tired. It's acquired a lot of bad habits. And often it feels like only new bad habits get added and old bad habits don't get taken away.

We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of China or the United States, but some of the big problems facing the entire world. From climate change to famine to even terrorism.

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.

We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.

The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.

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.

The world should be of no doubt. If terrorists can, they will.

To demand the requirements of nations to contribute to the struggle against terrorism, we need much more precise definitions so that the war against terrorism is not used, [even] as it protects, to justify other purposes -- domestic purposes or external purposes. This discredits the very notion of a joint fight against terrorism.

When we see so many conflicts multiplying, the only way to allow the international community to be able to address those conflicts, the only way to allow the international community to act boldly, is with unity of the countries of the region, able to serve together and in the same universal principles.

We are making it very clear to all countries that nothing justifies terrorism. There are no political reasons that justify it; there is no cause, no grievance that justifies it. And we will do everything possible to make sure that all countries of the world understand that.

We all abhor terrorists, but we have to treat them as dangerous to all of us, not to any one particular country.

The fight against terrorism and fundamentalism knows no frontier. We need to act together and to step up cooperation at a global level.

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

They were unable to stand up and say: 'Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.'

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.