Doc Hastings Quotes

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.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

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

To win the war on terror, we must know who our friends are and where our enemies are hiding. We can't continue fighting terrorism using the same foreign policy blueprints that were in place before September 11th.

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

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

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

The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us and strike us here on our home territory. And it's a global operation. It doesn't know national boundaries or national borders.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.

This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time.

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

To a degree, the West is reaping what it sowed from a major strategic blunder in the aftermath of 9/11 - the entire concept of a war on technique, that is, terrorism. Defining the enemy when fighting a concept was impossible.

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.

According to the FBI and the director of national intelligence, Syria's becoming a perfect platform to strike our nation. I've got a very simple strategy as your president against ISIL. Whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat them.

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

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

We will pursue terrorists everywhere. At an airport – okay, at an airport. If we catch them in a lavatory, in an outhouse, we will take them out there with their pants down.

This War on Terror has no boundaries …. We have to get them wherever they are.