From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.

The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.

Each murder is one too many.