Top 275 Extremism Quotes & Sayings

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

It's never a good sign when extremism becomes the norm.

What we have seen with Islamist extremism, whether it is in Mali or Somalia or Afghanistan, is that the disease is not necessarily the individual country. The disease is the Islamist extremism, and that's what we have to fight; that's the narrative that we have to beat.

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.

Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country.

It annoys me right-wing extremism is not equated to Islamic extremism.

The government wants to be able to attack extremism and hatred wherever it occurs.

Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue.

We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.

Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Humankind has no option but to protect and live in harmony with its natural environment. However, it would be regrettable if in putting an end to revolutionary extremism, we should then come to environmental extremism. We should not forget that all extremes are the same.

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.

The frothing Trump-haters' extremism turns whatever criticism they have for the guy into mere parody.

With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again - and with understandably great reluctance - into the chaos of an entire civilization that has broken down. Arab civilization, such as we knew it, is all but gone. The Arab world today is more violent, unstable, fragmented and driven by extremism - the extremism of the rulers and those in opposition-than at any time since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago.

We ignore the similarities between the religious extremism and ethno-nationalism at our peril.

Radicalism and extremism, while they are dangers, they exist in every society on some level.

Right-wing extremism is all about patience. That is, until it makes its move, and then it is sudden and explosive.

I think the only way one can really determine whether extremism in the defense of liberty is justified, is not to approach it as an american or a european or an African or an Asian, but as a human being. If we look upon it as different types, immediately we begin to think in terms of extremism being good for one and bad for another, or bad for one and good for another. But if we look upon it, if we look upon ourselves as human beings, I doubt that anyone will deny that extremism in defense of liberty, the liberty of any human being, is no vice.

The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

Radicalisation or the risk of children being drawn into non violent extremism is a very real threat in this country.

Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming together.

Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.

In my view, and in the view of a lot of intelligence experts, the terrorist threat that we face now has morphed significantly from the days of 9/11 to homegrown violent extremism. We have to be concerned and focused on homegrown violent extremism, countering violent extremism that exists within our borders.

I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.

We strive towards a better world, but one can never do it without compromise. We can all change the world for the better, starting in your own little surroundings, together with people who believe in it, too. This way you can make it work and show others that it actually can work. That doesn't mean that everybody has to do it like you "or else..." If there is no compromise possible, then it turns into extremism, and I don't think that extremism ever added something positive to the world.

Living for Sabina meant seeing. Seeing is limited by two borders: strong light, which blinds, and total darkness. Perhaps that was what motivated Sabina's distaste for all extremism. Extremes mean borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

There are many Muslims of good will and despise this extremism as much as anyone of any other faith.

I don't think any extremism is rational.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.

The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.

I am concerned about any form of violent extremism.

Now we have a generational threat struggle called Islamist extremism.

Violent extremism is going viral, but our response to it is moving at bureaucratic, sluggish speed.

Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.

Assad's brutality has nurtured extremism and been its main recruiting sergeant.

When I returned to the United Kingdom, I found that I could no longer justify Islamist extremism as the antidote.

I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

Islamic extremism is the prime enemy of civil society and social peace, both in Italy and in Israel.

Donald Trump is about the rise of right-wing extremism, not only in this country, but in Europe.

I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

It's not mere extremism that makes folks at the fringes so troubling; it's extremism wedded to false beliefs. Humans have long been dupes, easily gulled by rumors and flat-out lies.

The reality is that far-right extremism is no longer dominated by loners.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

Domestic violent extremism is not a threat limited to any single law enforcement agency.

Neoliberalism, arguably, sets the course for this kind for this kind of neo-extremism, this right-wing extremism that we are facing. The only way we solve that crisis, the rise of the right-wing extreme, is by truly progressive policies that address this crisis of economic security. That will not come from the lesser evil.

The Internet creates more space for extremism, and the echo chamber effect accelerates the process.

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad.

The United States is off the international spectrum in religious extremism.

We have to render Islamist extremism as unattractive as communism has become today.

I want incremental improvements. There's the record of all the revolutionary and violent change and extremism in general - it's dreadful.

I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.

We should recognise the mirrors of exclusion and mirrors of extremism in our society. The inequalities and disadvantages among visible minorities are also prevalent in the white working class. Political extremism and disengagement is mirrored between white and ethnic minority communities.

Religiosity is suffocating in Pakistan. It invariably stokes the fire in driving society to religious extremism.

There is no place for any kind of extremism in society.

With awareness and a social movement against extremism, we can prevent our children from becoming terrorists.