A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.
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.
Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.
Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.
Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.
Islamic extremism may well be the greatest threat to Western values and Western security in the world.
The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.
Right-wing extremism is all about patience. That is, until it makes its move, and then it is sudden and explosive.
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