Daniel Pipes

“Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that seeks to impose its version of Islam on society.”

“The study of the Middle East has been politicized to an extraordinary degree.”

“I am a historian by training. My work is based on evidence.”

“The West must learn to distinguish between its friends and its enemies.”

“There is no 'cycle of violence' in the Middle East. There is aggression and there is self-defense.”

“Israel is not the cause of the problems in the Middle East; it is a victim of them.”

“The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not a conflict over territory but a conflict over Israel's existence.”

“To win a war, you have to break the enemy's will to fight.”

“Western elites are often in denial about the nature of the threat we face.”

“Victory is a difficult concept for Americans, who are used to compromise.”

“Appeasement only encourages the aggressor.”

“The goal of the Islamists is to create a global caliphate.”

“Political correctness is a form of intellectual cowardice.”

“History provides the data for understanding the present and anticipating the future.”

“Peace comes through strength, not through weakness.”

“Jihad is not just a 'spiritual struggle'; it is also warfare.”

“I distinguish between Islam, the faith of a billion people, and the political ideology of Islamism.”

“Multiculturalism is a threat to Western civilization.”

“The solution to Islamic extremism is moderate Islam.”

“The problem is not with Islam, but with Islamism.”