Quote of the Day for 2016-08-25

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable."

— Howard Zinn (1922-2010) "Terrorism Over Tripoli," Failure to Quit (1993)

Shoes from the La Belle discothèque bombing in West Berlin (April 7, 1986) Photograph by Paul Langrock

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-06

"Terrorism … is a war of the poor against the rich. War is terrorism of the rich against the poor."

— Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) Achtung! Vorurteile (2003)

The World Trade Center, the morning of September 12, 2001. Photograph by Jim MacMillan

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-21

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices."

— Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) Statement to his staff before the See It Now broadcast on Senator Joseph McCarthy (March 9, 1954)

Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, during an interview with Hamid Mir (April 1998)