Hosni Mubarak Quotes

The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism.

Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.

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

The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to see a son of ISIS, or even a grandson of ISIS, developing in the years to come.

American wars in Muslim countries created some extremists and inflamed many more while producing a security vacuum that allowed them to wreak mayhem.

The road ahead is not easy. Iraq is currently the center of the war on terror.

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

I think it is absolutely correct to solve the problem of terrorism in Iraq and Syria and Libya.

Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.

Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of 'the Troubles.'

The growing menace of violent extremism and outright barbarism is our common threat today.

The idea that we could live with another 20 years of stagnation in the Middle East that breeds this radicalism and breeds terrorism is, I think, just unacceptable- especially after September 11th.

A dangerous idea is gaining currency within a segment of the American populace. If a person does not support the United States-British bombing expedition in Afghanistan, it means that he or she backs Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda

Many people would like Osama bin Laden … to hurt America, but they do not want bin Laden to rule their children.

… terrorism is a plague in our countries. It compounds our development problems.

Your biggest threat is bin Laden!

ISIS filled the vacuum in Iraq and Syria created by a lack of effective governance.

Bad things usually don't happen by themselves in Iraq.

Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

Iraq is falling apart.

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

Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in June.

Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism.

We can't be politically correct - right or left - in the war on terrorism. Period.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.