“For better or worse, the struggle against terror may well intensify, rather than ameliorate, unilateralist and isolationist instincts.”

“There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.”

“…conditioning usually reinforces instinct rather than overrides it.”

“In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.”

“They fled precipitately, some of them with what we may call an exquisite ignominy,—in terror of the treadmill or worse.”

“We need to intensify cooperation with civilized governments all over the world to combat the common threat of terrorism.”

“Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.”

“The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.”

“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”

“It's only terrorism if they do it to us. When we do much worse to them, it's not terrorism.”