Hello. I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader and quotes collector. Here is a list of 5 quotes about Terrorism that I liked and saved from various books. I hope you enjoy reading them.
Terrorism Quotes
Terrorism is both a global political problem and an internal psychological mechanism. Terrorism works by pressing the fear button deep in our minds and hijacking the private imagination of millions of individuals.
from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
Terrorists are masters of mind control. They kill very few people, but nevertheless manage to terrify billions and shake huge political structures such as the European Union or the United States.
from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
Terrorists resemble a fly that tries to destroy a china shop. The fly is so weak that it cannot move even a single teacup. So how does a fly destroy a china shop? It finds a bull, gets inside its ear, and starts buzzing. The bull goes wild with fear and anger, and destroys the china shop. This is what happened after 9/11, as Islamic fundamentalists incited the American bull to destroy the Middle Eastern china shop. Now they flourish in the wreckage. And there is no shortage of short-tempered bulls in the world.
from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
Terrorists undertake an impossible mission: to change the political balance of power through violence, despite having no army. To achieve their aim, terrorists present the state with an impossible challenge of their own: to prove that it can protect all its citizens from political violence, anywhere, any time. The terrorists hope that when the state tries to fulfil this impossible mission, it will reshuffle the political cards, and hand them some unforeseen ace.
from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
A terrorist is like a gambler holding a particularly bad hand, who tries to convince his rivals to reshuffle the cards. He cannot lose anything, and he may win everything.
from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari