Jurgen Habermas

Each murder is one too many. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#many #murder #too

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#carried #excuse #moral #motive #out

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#complex #cynical #exploitation #extreme #global

One never really knows who one's enemy is. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#knows #never #really #who

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#becomes #between #change #clear #country

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#channels #dangers #embarrassing #nation #perhaps

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#beyond #completely #european #european governments #failed

Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#contributed #convincing #disappointment #fact #language

Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#concern #court #crimes #criminal #different

Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#among #began #discussions #europeans #found