#terror

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#bad #civil #conflict #easier #find

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#agencies #authorities #control #fight #forces

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#always #surprise #terrorists

There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#could #disrupted #happen #member #member states

We remain vulnerable. There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#percent #remain #security #such #terrorism

We still lack a global definition of terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#global #lack #still #terrorism

We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#fight #fighters #old #resistance #still

I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been. ↗

— Alice Walker

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You talked about national identity cards and the terrorism bill. We have made a government that has grown used to viewing us as subjects, has grown used to seeing its role as commanding us. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

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