Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but not of terrorist sympathies. Richard Perle More Quotes by Richard Perle More Quotes From Richard Perle National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. Richard Perle roles government rights Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. Richard Perle war people enemy For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust. Richard Perle our-generation evil war In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go. Richard Perle iran events weapons To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country. Richard Perle support three country Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another. Richard Perle citizens community rights Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest. Richard Perle unqualified interest europe I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is probably the best place to put that proposition to the test Well, you're going to find a disproportionate number of Jews in any sort of intellectual undertaking. Richard Perle iraq country thinking Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces. Richard Perle police military secret Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder. Richard Perle support organization military There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated. Richard Perle small-numbers iraq people The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror. Richard Perle lax citizens war Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused. Richard Perle invisibility-cloak confused law No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane. Richard Perle airplane soldier should-have But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules. Richard Perle united-states people way The programme of the British Labour Party under Neil Kinnock is so wildly irresponsible, so separate and apart from the historic NATO strategy, that I think a Labour government that stood by its present policies - and I rather doubt that they would - would, if it didn't destroy the Alliance, at least diminish its effective ability to do the task for which it was created. Richard Perle party government thinking George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go. Richard Perle agency culture directors When you gaze into souls, it's something you should update periodically, because souls can change. Richard Perle updates soul should Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others. Richard Perle eye sometimes The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies. Richard Perle allies jealousy war
