Mr Howard Terrorist Quotations

We have made it absolutely clear that 28 days is the absolute limit of what should be permitted while there's no evidence that someone been involved in terrorist activity.

The government has received specific intelligence and police information this week which gives cause for serious concern about a potential terrorist threat,

Prevention is always better than cure and that applies not only in health but it also applies in terrorism. You can't cure terrorism, you can't bring somebody back to life after they've been killed by a terrorist and therefore laws which are designed to anticipate and to prevent a terrorist act are laws that Australians should support, and I believe most Australians will support these laws.

It's one thing to have the capacity to respond effectively in the event of a terrorist attack... it's entirely of another order to have the capacity to anticipate events,

Home-grown terrorist threats are a greater reality to the Australian people now than we would have thought to be the case six or 12 months ago,