John O. Brennan Quotes and its meanings

What does John O. Brennan write about?

John O. Brennan has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about education, equality, intelligence & relationship. People always share Education quotes, Equality quotes, intelligence & relationship from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by John O. Brennan?

Here are the top most famous quotes by John O. Brennan.

• Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.
• Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportunity.
• While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.
• I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks.
• The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.
• Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined by the narrow hatred and nihilistic actions of an exceptionally small minority of Muslims?