Terrorism quotes

“Terrorists sir? They were pretty well organized. It was like a military operation.”
Gene Hackman - Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

“There were a lot of things that I didn't know after the World Trade Center attack. But one thing was clear: whether it was before or after September 11th, a public that's this out of control with fear should not have a lot of guns or ammo laying around.”
Michael Francis Moore - Himself

“In chess and in war the key to winning is to anticipate what your opponent will do in advance. Think two moves ahead. The art of asymmetrical warfare is less about inflicting damage than provoking a response.”
Raad Rawi - Nathir

“- Iraq Soldier: But these guys are terrorists!
- Frank Castle: They think the same thing about us.”
Thomas Jane - Frank Castle

“- Fletcher: One civilian dead for every ten terrorists. That's an acceptable ratio.
- Officer Frank Murphy: Unless you're one of the civilians!”
David Sheiner - Fletcher
Roy Scheider - Officer Frank Murphy

“Why would security guards pad down an 85-year-old lady with a walker? If she's a terrorist... well, then the ball game's over, folks.”
Robin Williams - Tom Dobbs

“Terrorism is theater. And theater is always performed for an audience.”
Raad Rawi - Nathir

“Fuck the bloody IRA. All these years of war, and they've got us nowhere. In its heart and soul, England is still a monarchy, and that is where we must strike... at the royals and the ruling class. You're either with us or against us, Jimmy Boy. Make up your mind.”
Patrick Bergin - Kevin O'Donnell

“When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.”
Hugh Grant - The Prime Minister

“You've caught so many terrorists, it's an art. You're like Rembrandt with a grenade.”
Shelley Berman - Zohan's Father

“Lacrobat is the world's most wanted terrorist; he is charged with over forty acts of terrorism including three assasinations and the receipe for airline food.”
Marc Smith - Dan Hickey (TV anchorman)

“Tell this to the workers when they ask where their leader went. We, the soldiers of The National Liberation Front of America, in the name of the workers and all the oppressed of this imperialist country, have struck a fatal blow to the fascist police state. What better revolutionary example than to let their president perish in the inhuman...” (continue)(continue reading)

Nancy Stephens - Stewardess

“A terrible catastrophe now confronts you. However, it can be avoided by paying a tribute to our organization, amounting to twenty-five percent of your respective countries' annual oil purchases. We have accomplished two of the functions that the name SPECTRE embodies: terror and extortion. If our demands are not met within seven days, we shall...” (continue)(continue reading)
Max von Sydow - Blofeld

“Swedish chicks dig terrorists.”
Jsu Garcia - Manolo

“- Mitch Henessey: You're telling me that you're gonna fake some terrorist thing, just to scare some money out of Congress?
- Leland Perkins: Well, unfortunately, Mr. Hennessey, I have no idea how to fake killing 4,000 people - so we're just gonna have to do it for real. Blame it on the Muslims, naturally. Then I get my funding.”
Samuel L. Jackson - Mitch Henessey
Patrick Malahide - Perkins

“- Monroe Cole: Seven million!
- Grace Sutherland: It's a negotiation.
- Grace Sutherland: You've handled dictators. You've handled terrorists.
- Monroe Cole: Terrorists were easier, I swear to God!”

Gene Hackman - Monroe Cole
Marcia Gay Harden - Grace Sutherland

“You killed them for the sake of a country you now choose to abandon. The country your mother and father built, that you were born into. You killed them for Munich, for the future, for peace.”

Geoffrey Rush - Ephraim

“- Ken: Colonel, the guy you bagged is Dr. Amir Teraki, Pakistani. PhD in Astrophysics, educated at Harvard.
- Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe: That's right, people. We educated half the world's terrorists.”
Randall Batinkoff - Ken
George Clooney - Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe

“The war of the future is nuclear terrorism. It is and it will be against a small group of dissidents who, unbeknownst, perhaps, to their own governments, have blah blah blah.”

Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“London. Paris. Athens. Rome. Belfast. Beruit. We're not the first city to have to deal with terrorism. Tel Aviv. The day after they bombed the market in Tel Aviv the market was open and it was full. This is New York City. We can take it.”
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“- Perry White: Get your head out of the clouds, Kent! Where've you been for the past twelve hours?
- Clark Kent: Uh, Home.
- Perry White: Well, don't you watch television?
- Clark Kent: Frankly, Mr. White, I really don't enjoy television. Too much violence. I was just reading Dickens.
- Jimmy Olsen: Mr. Kent! A gang of terrorists seized the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Marc McClure - Jimmy Olsen

“- Ivan Korshunov: I know what you're thinking, First Lady. You want me dead. Well, it might come to that. In the war, people die.
- Grace: This isn't war! You just murdered an unarmed woman.
- Ivan Korshunov: You, who murdered a 100,000 Iraqis to save a nickel on a gallon of gas. Are going to lecture me about the rules of war? Don't!”
Gary Leonard Oldman - Ivan Korshunov
Wendy Crewson - Grace Marshall

“- James Bond: I'm looking for a North Korean.
- Raoul: Tourist?
- James Bond: Terrorist.
- Raoul: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.”
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Emilio Echevarría - Raoul

“- Ed Dillinger: What do you want with the Pentagon?
- Master Control Program: The same thing I want with the Kremlin. I'm bored with corporations.”
David Warner - Ed Dillinger
David Warner - Master Control Program

“- Papshmir: You are supposed to be the world's foremost terrorist bomber. Airlines, government buildings...
- Muriel: The devastation in South Florida.
- Papshmir: That was Hurricane Andrew.
- Muriel: That's what they told the public.”

Raye Birk - Papshmir
Kathleen Freeman - Muriel