I told you I’m not going to criticize my successor. I’ll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don’t believe that persuasion isn’t going to work. Therapy isn’t going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

In oratory the will must predominate.

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.

I’m terrified of therapy because I don’t want it to mess with my creativity.

The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups that are called terrorists and subnational groups.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

One good thing about acting in film is that it’s good therapy.

I didn’t want to set up a women’s studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it’s male-dominated.

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.

I can’t explain 9/11, except the evil of man.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you’re advancing. If you don’t you’re as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn’t there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

If you want to influence people, you want them to accept your suggestions, you don’t say, ‚You don’t know how to use the English language,‘ or ‚How could you make that argument?‘ It will be welcomed much more if you have a gentle touch than if you are aggressive.

I’ve tried everything. I’ve done therapy, I’ve done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing.

The dropping of bombs on people – isn’t that terrorism?

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious.

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.

Everybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.

I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.

Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

As strong as the United States is, we can’t deal with terrorism alone.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I’ve never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.

I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That’s how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it’s a release, for lack of a better word.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

I had a PET scan, and it was cleared. Not one cell of cancer after three rounds of chemo. But I still had seven more just for safety, which was stupid. I should have just worked on therapy.

The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.

Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict – which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.

Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.

I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You’re not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I’m going to emerge then submerge.

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror – and America is honored to be their friend.

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama’s entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn’t threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

I don’t believe it. Prove it to me and I still won’t believe it.

I’m pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people’s bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

There is only one ‚retirement plan‘ for terrorists.

In the ’70s, terrorism was much more serious, in that many more people got killed.