#terror

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#consequence #country #democracy #distinct #general

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. ↗

— Pappy Boyington

#few #flying #hours #seconds #sheer

It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#correct #cult #describe #faction #islamic

Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#answered #civilians #kind #must #never

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#american #american people #bay #despicable #does

We are keeping New Jersey one step, several steps, ahead of terrorism. ↗

— Richard J. Codey

#jersey #keeping #new #new jersey #several

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#budget deficits #bush #deficits #leader #may

Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#crime #forties #man #monstrous #terror

An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may lead to terrorism. ↗