Mohsin Hamid Quotes

We all condemn terrorism.

If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.

They've hit us and we've got to hit back hard, and I'm not just talking about the terrorists.

The suffering caused by the terrorists is the real torture.

I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.

Our nation is still somewhat sad, but we’re angry. There’s a certain level of blood lust…. pretty soon we’ll have to start displaying scalps.

Terrorize your enemy!

Any time bombs are used against innocent civilians, it is an act of terror.

Herr Burgermeister. What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a friendly visit and someone throws a bomb at me. This is outrageous!

Bombing, particularly from the perspective of the receiving end, is not 'communication.' Bombs result in death and destruction.

Terrorism must never be tolerated for any reason and we resolutely condemn it.

We can't allow ourselves to become inured to terrorist attacks to see it as the new normal.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

There are many people who live with terrorism every day.

We're living in a fearful time. Since 9/11 people have become more afraid than before, because of terrorism. There's a lot of confusion about evil, where it's all coming from.

When something horrible is done to you, the natural impulse is to strike back.

9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who lost family in the wars and people who lost family in various terrorist attacks that have occurred since.

The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.

Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead.

The brutalization of humans by other humans never fails to get to me in some angry-making way. It shot up in me like an explosion.

The suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 innocent people and wounded hundreds more. All of them must live with their memories. And the rest of us will always remember where we were when we heard that London had been hit by the worst terrorist attack in its history.

An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism.