#extremists

We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, we'd never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#between #childhoods #extremists #get #got

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#both sides #choose #conflict #east #extremists

For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#believing #both #both sides #extremists #friendly

I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#agree #bad #communication #education #engage

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

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There will always be a certain element of extremists on either side, left or right, who no mainstream news outlet is going to satisfy. ↗

— Jonathan Klein

#certain #either #element #extremists #going

A people that has experienced all that the Germans have been through, naturally offers fertile soil for the extremists. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#experienced #extremists #fertile #germans #naturally

You're always going to have extremists in every religion. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#every #extremists #going #religion #you

Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation. ↗

— Abdallah II

#dispossessed #division #earth #extremists #global

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#exploiting #extremists #fear #form #like