Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses.
Naomi Klein
Related The next big issue for me is protecting our county from terrorism. FRANK SCHACKELFORD All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. RICHARD STALLMAN We're a democratic country, respectful of human rights, that is threatened by wild people who have n... BENJAMIN NETANYAHU I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We are concerned that for the United States, the key issue is oil; second, the war on terrorism; and... BULAT ABILOV Delaurier makes an intrigued noise and picks up the finished drawings Renoir has sitting under a roc... LUCHIA DERTIEN It has become very difficult for states to sponsor terrorism now and militants have been deterred fr... AJAI SAHNI Surely, it's one of terrorism's intended effects, to literally stun our morale, to blow up s... CAROLINE KNAPP Terrorism is resorted to for practical reasons because there is no other tool available. And those w... JONATHAN POWELL The focus has been terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, ... Youre forgetting that a majority of threat... JEFF BROWN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian ... JOICHI ITO The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and othe... CHRIS CHOCOLA If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won. JOICHI ITO What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms. STJEPAN MESIC Lots of countries, like Israel, live with terrorism every day, and it doesn't impact their integ... ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governme... MICHAEL IGNATIEFF As western governments improve relations with Libya, they should press the government to improve its... KENNETH ROTH Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. JOICHI ITO Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity. ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN متهمون نحن بالإرهاب أذا كتبنا عن بقايا وطن ... مخلع... نزار قباني If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people ... LAKHDAR BRAHIMI The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of reg... STEVEN MAGEE After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially American... ABDOLKARIM SOROUSH Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly f... SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around th... CHARLES BASS Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of c... HAMID KARZAI I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You ... LUPE FIASCO America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights ... JIMMY CARTER Violence is not a respecter of persons and, just like everyone has human rights, every human can hav... DERICK VIRGIL Because of Iran's support for terrorism, disrespect for human rights, and nuclear proliferation,... MIKE POMPEO Both our governments believe that a permanent settlement must ensure real security for Israel and re... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT However, real unification of the armed forces is a prerequisite for elections that are free of human... KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN Cyber terrorism could also become more attractive as the real and virtual worlds become more closely... DOROTHY DENNING Getting a passport is kind of a pain - let's be real. On the other hand, having people blow up build... DOUG GRAHAM We must not be afraid to define our enemy. It is Islamic extremist terrorism. I did not say all of I... RUDY GIULIANI Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. JACQUES CHIRAC Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of... AL FRANKEN This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and de... TONY BLAIR For a few years now, [the nation's] main concerns have been protecting ourselves from terrorism. Now... CHARLES GROAT He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl... ABDEL ATWAN He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the worl... ABDEL BARI ATWAN Fighting terrorism is central to the human rights cause. But using illegal tactics against alleged t... KENNETH ROTH I am convinced that today terrorism poses the main threat to human rights and freedoms as well as to... VLADIMIR PUTIN You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES 'V-Wars' is a head-on collision of real-world science, terrorism, special forces action, eth... JONATHAN MABERRY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th... JIM GENOVESE If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc... DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ... DEAN IBERHYSAJ Philosophies of the world:
Indian Philosophy: Survive and grow
Chinese Philosophy: Lets fake it
West... APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv... NICKOLE SANDERS THE DECLARATION of the Rights of Man at the end of the eighteenth century was a turning point in his... HANNAH ARENDT Spain is a good example when we're talking about protecting people who have suffered the phenomenon ... MAITE PAGAZAURTUNDUA Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They'... BILL CLINTON Pain has creative power, Let the magic unfold... HENNA SOHAIL Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo... DANIEL OJEDA Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and in... CONOR OBERST Even before the September 11 attacks, China and other members of the SCO had signed the Shanghai Con... JIANG ZEMIN There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ... ALBERT CAMUS It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there. PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU every kind of terrorism. HELMUT KOHL Attacking terrorist financing cuts off the lifeblood of terrorism, CHRIS ELLISON Then it was the threat of communism; now it's the threat of terrorism - though I think terrorism is ... GRANT HESLOV Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't... BOB HAWKE Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build ... STEPHEN KINZER That means international cooperation to resolve problems without passports, that no one country or o... SHASHI THAROOR The real reason to stay away is the weather, not terrorism. Terrorism isn't a threat; this is a safe... JAMES SWEENEY Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios an... DAN WEBSTER It's a setback for peace and a victory for terrorism. The U.S. policy has always been to promote dem... ABRAHAM FOXMAN The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights,... AZAR NAFISI President Bush sees world terrorism for the evil that it is, RUDY GIULIANI At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate ... WILLIAM HAGUE I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrori... FEISAL ABDUL RAUF The United States presents itself as a leader against terrorism, invades countries, restricts the ci... BERNARDO ALVAREZ A lot of people think terrorism is flying airplanes into buildings. It could be dropping a foreign d... KATIE DECKER They were no help in Karachi (site of escalating violence) or with the bomb blasts. All I got from t... BENAZIR BHUTTO Russia has joined forces with other states that have poor human rights records in opposing efforts t... HOLLY CARTNER For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is... ROBERT MUELLER Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that ... DIANE SAWYER The state we're in now is because of the policy decision to co-opt those people who in the past comm... JOANNA NATHAN In that case, this would give an additional impulse to international terrorists and to their activit... VLADIMIR PUTIN In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of indi... TARIQ RAMADAN People who bowed their hearts in prayer before God eventually earn the respect of their government a... SUNDAY ADELAJA Even today there is need for conversion to God, to the God of love so that the world is freed from w... POPE BENEDICT XVI Of course the fight against terrorism is necessary, but citizens' rights must not be eroded. YURY VDOVIN The toxic soup, as it has been called, is touching every square inch of the flooded areas, ... That ... PAUL FARMER What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands? ABERJHANI I believe we're stronger when we speak loudly and unapologetically for human rights; when we sta... TED DEUTCH We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been kill... JACK REED I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chroni... YOCHAI BENKLER In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protec... GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won... BOB HAWKE She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY
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NAOMI WEISSTEIN I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I w... NAOMI NOVIK The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap ... NAOMI WOLF A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about... NAOMI WOLF The beauty myth sets it up this way: A high rating as an art object is the most valuable tribute a w... NAOMI WOLF Our society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be bl... NAOMI WOLF What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and c... NAOMI WOLF Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevent... NAOMI WOLF We do not have to spend money and go hungry and struggle and study to become sensual; we always were... NAOMI WOLF The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty. NAOMI WOLF Women could probably be trained quite easily to see men first as sexual things. If girls never exper... NAOMI WOLF Whatever is deeply, essentially female--the life in a woman's expression, the feel of her flesh, the... NAOMI WOLF The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance. NAOMI WOLF A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for he... NAOMI WOLF What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotage... NAOMI WOLF Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provoke... NAOMI WOLF Men are visually aroused by women's bodies and less sensitive to their arousal by women's personalit... NAOMI WOLF Sadly, the signals that allow men and women to find the partners who most please them are scrambled ... NAOMI WOLF Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so. NAOMI WOLF Sometimes it's good to go to war, just to know you can NAOMI ALDERMAN Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain... NAOMI WOLF To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality. NAOMI WOLF And listen to me: what you’ve done here carries power with it, of a different sort. Don’t let So... NAOMI NOVIK I hated her; I wanted her to burn, the way so many of the corrupted had burned, because she’d put ... NAOMI NOVIK