Mason Cooley Quotes

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

You're always going to have terrorism.

That was a declaration of war

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution

Whenever we meet opposition, we do not look to see if it is just, but how we can get out of it, rightly or wrongly. Instead of welcoming arms we stretch out our claws.

I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.

You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.

It's hard if people don't want to fight me.

I sort of latch onto roles that have something to fight against.

Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as they feel that effect.

[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.

I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.

Let the enemies of life step down.

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.

When ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre.

No deals with the Tories; it's war.

Personally, I do not support the concept of suicide bombings. This is not part of our [syrian] culture. But whether you condemn them or not, suicide bombings are a reality.

I do have an impulse to sort of leverage what I say against something I disagree with.

War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about.

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming together.

The feeling I got from my research is that the victims of bombings end up becoming as alienated from the government as the terrorists who cause the attacks.

There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics; but the sides are clear enough.

Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.