Jonas Gahr Store Quotes

The ultimate end of any ideology is totalitarianism.

Some politicians were probably too lax about the rise of an extremist, fundamentalist, radical ideology.

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you’re a terrorist.

Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out.

In my speeches, I always condemned communism, national-socialism and fascism.

Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world.

I've always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.

We must stop the Tea Party before the United States Senate falls into the hands of extremists and ideologues who leave no room for reason or compromise, who don't recognize common ground even when they're standing on it.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.

The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.

The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

The terrorists whatever slogans they use have nothing in common with Islam.

We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would except that it would put them on the same side as the United States.

Moderates behind whom Red Fascism spreads.

The menace is ideology, the dogma of politics. It is a prison that makes the American experiment impossible.

Extremist thought is about to overwhelm the world.

As a matter of fact, it is the fascist minded men of America who are the real enemies of our institutions.... It is these men who, pretending that they would save us from communism, would superimpose upon America an equally dreaded fascism.

… semi-Fascists

If a people bent on violence and terrorism have free elections, they will elect leaders bent on violence and terrorism.

Terrorist groups always want to believe that they represent a general aggrieved group far larger than they really do.

The real problem is that Saudi Arabia is bogged down by deep-rooted Islamic extremism in most schools and mosques, which have become breeding grounds for terrorists. We cannot solve the terrorism problem as long as it is endemic to our educational and religious institutions. .

The future of Saudi society will not be secure as long as it refuses to confront its own extremist elements.