Jurgen Habermas Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too.”

“The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.”

“One never really knows who one's enemy is.”

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

“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.”

“Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge.”

“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.”

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

“If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.”

“The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.”