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Our ideals are under the constant threat of extremism, whether in the form of radical Muslim groups or the emergence of other elements seeking to deny the rights and freedoms of others.

We need to make sure these Islamic terrorist organizations don't become mainstream. We're fighting an ideology as much as a group of radical terrorists.

Islamic terrorists do not need an excuse to attack the United States. To attack us is what they do; they attack us for what we are.

Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.

We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.

Our values and way of life will prevail - terrorism will not.

We must recognize that we cannot allow the Islamic State to continue to present an existential threat to America.

Islamist terrorism is a cancer on Islam, and Muslims themselves must fight it at our side.

Let me announce, with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expect perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods.