The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

— Chesterton, Gilbert K.

Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.

— Connolly, Cyril

The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.

— Waite, Terry

Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you.

— Wilkinson, Paul