“This is a type of evil that is unique and unprecedented. This current, above all, has always drawn its source from hatred toward the very civilization itself. It is a revolt of the worst against the best; a revolt of the weak and the cowards against the powerful and the good.”

“Those who drive this are people who cannot build, create, or achieve great accomplishments. Instead, seeking revenge against the world for their own inadequacies, they try to destroy those who are capable of building and creating.”

“This is what is called extreme left. It may present itself with different slogans and ideologies in different times and places; it may call itself anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, communist, anarchist, or Marxist, but its fundamental nature is always the same.”

“Always, we face the same reality: a poisonous hatred that hides itself behind the cloak of equality, justice, and freedom; alongside an insatiable urge to destroy what great people have built, to wipe out everything that is beautiful and right—by those who contain nothing but ugliness within them, and who seek to impose that ugliness on all of us through violence and terrorism.”

“That old belief was wrong; it was completely wrong. None of this stems from idealism and is not utopian; it is exactly the opposite.”

“Sometimes communism is said to be ‘beautiful in theory, but fails in practice.’ But that, too, is not good. Communism is not beautiful even in theory.”

“The world that communism draws for us is a small world, flat, gray, and devoid of any distinctions—an environment emptied of everything that is noble and good in the human spirit.”

“That world is one without courage, without creativity and ambition, without heroes, honor, and great ideals to strive for; a world without miracles, without myths, and without people who rise above others and perform extraordinary deeds.”

“And the world that communism intends is a world without God.”

“For architects of revolutionary violence, the great achievements of our civilization are unbearable; because they always remind them what they cannot do and never will become.”

“That is why, instead of building, they choose destruction. They attack pipelines, attack railways, attack power grids and laboratories—attacking the tangible symbols of power, innovation, and progress.”

“This is the terrorist nature that we face today.”

“They hate the West because the West is great.”