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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.

I'm not an extremist, you know.

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 agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.

There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.

Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.

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