“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”
Howard Zinn (1922–2010) author and historian
“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
Achtung! Vorurteile (2003); original German: "Der Terrorismus, der im furchtbaren 11. September kulminierte, ist ein Krieg der Armen gegen die Reichen. Der Krieg ist ein Terrorismus der Reichen gegen die Armen." typically cited in short: "Terrorismus ist der Krieg der Armen und der Krieg ist der Terrorismus der Reichen."
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“How can Blair fight a war on terror? Terror is not an ideology or an army; terror is a technique.”
David Hockney (1937) British artist
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“Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a "war against terrorism."”
Noam Chomsky book 9-11
9-11, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20061015103427/http://indymedia.org.nz/usermedia/application/2/9-11.pdf <br class="br">Quotes 2000s, 2001
“This is the war on terrorism; it's worth fighting for.”
Bruce Willis (1955) American actor, producer, and musician
Bruce Willis during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, September 25, 2003. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2003/n09262003_200309266.html
“It is time we admitted that we are not at war with "terrorism". We are at war with Islam.”
Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist
Sam Harris, "Mired in a religious war", Washington Times (1 December 2004) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/dec/1/20041201-090801-2582r/ <br class="br">2000s <br class="br">Context: It is time we admitted that we are not at war with "terrorism". We are at war with Islam. This is not to say that we are at war with all Muslims, but we are absolutely at war with the vision of life that is prescribed to all Muslims in the Koran. The only reason Muslim fundamentalism is a threat to us is because the fundamentals of Islam are a threat to us.
“War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.”
Howard Zinn (1922–2010) author and historian
"The Old Way of Thinking" http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/Old_Way_Thinking.html, in The Progressive (November 2001) <br class="br">Context: We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.
John Ashcroft (1942) American politician
Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 285
“This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Remarks on the south lawn of the White House (September 16, 2001) http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010916-2.html <br class="br">2000s, 2001