“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign o terror in the shadow of the guillotine.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
The Devil and Miss Prym [O Demônio e a srta Prym] (2000), p. 86.
Speech after the London Bridge attack (4 June 2017)
“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign o terror in the shadow of the guillotine.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
The Devil and Miss Prym [O Demônio e a srta Prym] (2000), p. 86.
Bashar al-Assad (1965) President of Syria
"If Sanctions Are Imposed on Syria, the Entire World Will Pay the Price" http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=958, MEMRI (Dec. 2005)
“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
Interview with Jasper Gerard, "Taking the fight to the dreary people" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1806962,00.html The Sunday Times (London) <br class="br">2000s
“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) English actor, writer, and dramatist
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."
“Where there is a fence, there is no terror. Where there's no fence, there is terror.”
Tzachi Hanegbi (1957) Israeli politician
Public radio, after the twin suicide bombings in Beer Sheva (August 31, 2004)
“How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.”
Salman Rushdie (1947) British Indian novelist and essayist
Source: Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
“No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
At the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/18/obama-white-house-summit-on-countering-violent-extremism-speech/23631625/ (18 February 2015) <br class="br">2015
“"Drugs support terrorism"? No, your SUV supports terrorism.”
Doug Stanhope (1967) American stand-up comedian, actor, and author
Word of Mouth (2002)
“Terror, salutary terror, is here in truth the order of the day”
Joseph Fouché (1759–1820) French statesman
In a letter to the Committee of Public Safety while Representative on Mission in the City of Lyon, December 1793; reported in The Court and Camp of Buonaparte (1829), p. 65. See also Caroline Moorehead, Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era (2010), p. 177, quoting the phrase as "Terror, salutary terror, is the order of the day".
Context: Terror, salutary terror, is here in truth the order of the day; it represses all the efforts of the wicked; it divests crime of all covering and tinsel!
“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